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To jaywalk is to walk across a road where the rules say you should not — in the middle of the block, away from a crossing, or against the light. In American English this is an everyday verb, and in many US cities it can even be against the law. British English knows the word too, but uses it a little less. Though actually, what counts as jaywalking changes from country to country: in some places a person on foot has more right to cross, and the word itself sounds rather American. It has a telling-off feel; you say it when someone is being careless in the street. It is only for walking, never for driving.
亂穿馬路（美式；台灣常說不走斑馬線、闖紅燈，但美國也包括沒燈的路段從路中間穿過去）
組成Cut back from jaywalker. You can also hear it as jay (old American talk for a foolish person) + walk.
同家族的字
- jaywalkerjaywalk was made by cutting this older noun back into a verb
- jaywalkingthe -ing name for the same action
- walkthe second half is the ordinary verb walk
- jayold American slang for a foolish, careless person — the first half
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
jaywalkverb/ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/
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automotivelawtransportTo behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。