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A jaywalker is a person who walks across a road in a place or way that is not safe — not at a proper crossing, or without watching the traffic. The word is American in feel, and it is not a kind compliment: it paints the walker as careless. It started in the United States around 1917. Though actually, it was not only about safety for the walker. Car people also pushed the word so that streets would belong more to cars, and so that walking in the roadway could be treated as a fault. There was already an older phrase, jay driver, for a driver who did not watch the road; jaywalker was built on that same pattern. In Taiwan you more often name the act (亂穿馬路) than this exact English noun.
亂穿馬路的人、違規穿越道路的行人
組成From jay (old American talk for a foolish person) + walker. First used about 1917. Coined like the older phrase jay driver.
同家族的字
- jaywalkthe verb for what a jaywalker does
- jaywalkingthe name of the act
- walkerthe second half is a person who walks
- jayold American slang for a foolish, careless person
- jay driveran older phrase for a careless driver; jaywalker was made on the same pattern
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。
jaywalkernoun/ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔkɚ/
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A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
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。