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单词 pedestrianizing
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pedestrianizingn.

Brit. /pᵻˈdɛstrɪənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /pəˈdɛstriəˌnaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see pedestrian adj. and n. and -izing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pedestrian n., -izing suffix1; pedestrianize v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Originally < pedestrian n. + -izing suffix1. In later use < pedestrianize v. + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly later pedestrianizing adj. and later pedestrianize v.
1. Walking. Now rare (chiefly historical).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun]
walkinga1325
spacingc1485
ambulation1554
footing1567
hoofing1652
Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774
pedestrianizing1799
pedestrianism1808
ankle express1887
1799 A. Plumptre tr. A. von Kotzebue Widow, & Riding Horse iv. 8 He is fond of pedestrianizing; 'tis a more unconstrained mode of travelling.
1834 A. Walton Tour Banks Thames 141 Setting forth the advantages of pedestrianising.
1893 Times 13 July 6/4 Just consider for a moment what these men..supposed themselves to be effecting by their midnight, lockmouthed, pedestrianising through the lobbies of the House of Commons.
1910 W. D. Howells My Mark Twain vi. 130 It must be because he is intolerably weary of the twaddle of pedestrianizing that he conceives the notion of a tramp through Europe, which he operates by means of express trains, steamboats, and private carriages.
1962 J. Richardson Pre-eminent Victorian xiv. 124 Late in September, very brown after all his ‘pedestrianising’, Tennyson reached Falmouth.
2. The action of making something dull, commonplace, or prosaic. rare.
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1950 F. C. Grant Introd. New Test. Thought viii. 184 The high enthusiasm of the early days was no longer common. Traces of this pedestrianizing of the Christian way are apparent even in later parts of the New Testament.
3. = pedestrianization n.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > pedestrian precinct > action of pedestrianizing
pedestrianization1964
pedestrianizing1987
1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 29 May 6 The ‘pedestrianising’ of the Covell Mall.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Feb. 18 Recent improvements to the town centre, such as the pedestrianising of streets, are part of a move to attract more people into the St Albans area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pedestrianizingadj.

Brit. /pᵻˈdɛstrɪənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /pəˈdɛstriəˌnaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see pedestrian adj. and n. and -izing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pedestrian n., -izing suffix2; pedestrianize v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Originally < pedestrian n. + -izing suffix2. In later use < pedestrianize v. + -ing suffix2. Compare slightly earlier pedestrianizing n. and later pedestrianize v.
Now rare.
1. Given to walking; travelling by walking or running.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot
gangingOE
pedestrial1606
pedantical1622
foot-faring1625
pedestrious1646
pedestrianizing1800
pedestrian1829
footback1863
foot-slogging1898
1800 A. Plumptre tr. J. K. A. Musäus Physiognomical Trav. II. ix. 184 'Tis..by no means inconsistent with your pedestrianising disposition.
1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 275 Englishmen are distinguishable among the nations of the earth as pedestrianising animals.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad (1907) II. 66 A pedestrianizing English youth came tearing down the path.
2. That makes something dull, commonplace, or prosaic.
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1996 Anthropol. Today 12 3/2 No book can sell unless its contents are summarized in the sub-title, which can be like having a joke explained. We have reached the age of Pedestrianizing Titles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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