The edge of a road — the strip of ground just beside it where grass and flowers grow. As a plain noun it is old-fashioned; today most people say 'the roadside' or 'the side of the road'.

The edge of a road路的邊緣 the strip of ground just beside it就是緊鄰路邊那條地 where grass and flowers grow長著草和花的地方 As a plain noun當成單純名詞用時 it is old-fashioned它顯得有點過時 today今天 most people say大部分人會說 'the roadside' or 'the side of the road'「the roadside」或「the side of the road」

As an adjective before a noun it still turns up in slightly formal or scenic writing: a wayside inn, a wayside shrine, wayside flowers.

As an adjective before a noun當形容詞放在名詞前面時 it still turns up它還是會出現 in slightly formal or scenic writing在稍微正式或帶點風景描寫的文章裡 a wayside inn路邊的旅店 a wayside shrine路邊的小廟 wayside flowers路邊的野花

The word survives mainly because of one very common phrase: **fall by the wayside**. That means to give up, drop out, or be forgotten before the end — the picture is of a traveller who cannot keep walking and sits down at the edge of the road while the others go on.

The word survives這個字之所以還存在 mainly because of主要是因為 one very common phrase一個非常常用的片語 fall by the waysidefall by the wayside That means它的意思是 to give up, drop out, or be forgotten before the end在結束之前就放棄、退出或被遺忘 the picture is of a traveller畫面是一個旅人 who cannot keep walking走不下去了 and sits down at the edge of the road就坐在路邊 while the others go on而其他人繼續往前走

You use it for people who quit a course, for plans that were dropped, for products that stopped selling. 'Of the fifty who started the training, half fell by the wayside.' 'That project fell by the wayside when the budget was cut.' If a student learns only one thing about this word, that phrase is the thing.

You use it你會用這個詞 for people who quit a course來說中途放棄課程的人 for plans that were dropped被放棄的計畫 for products that stopped selling或停售的產品 'Of the fifty who started the training, half fell by the wayside.'像「Of the fifty who started the training, half fell by the wayside（開始受訓的五十人裡，有一半半途而廢）」 'That project fell by the wayside when the budget was cut.'或「That project fell by the wayside when the budget was cut（那個計畫在預算被砍後就不了了之）」 If a student learns only one thing about this word如果學生對這個字只能記住一件事 that phrase is the thing就是這個片語

It is common in newspapers, in meetings, in ordinary speech, and it is where nearly every native speaker's sense of 'wayside' comes from.

It is common它很常見 in newspapers, in meetings, in ordinary speech在報紙、會議和日常說話裡 and it is where而這也是 nearly every native speaker's sense of 'wayside'幾乎每個母語者對「wayside」這個字的印象 comes from的來源