单词	desire line
释义	desire line noun variants or desire path plural desire lines or desire paths : an unplanned route or path (such as one worn into a grassy surface by repeated foot traffic) that is used by pedestrians in preference to or in the absence of a designated alternative (such as a paved pathway) There's a concept in landscape architecture called a desire line. It refers to a path worn into the ground by foot traffic, in defiance of the planned curves of sidewalks and roadways. Henry Grabar This is the authoritarian approach to erasing a desire line: block it off with some type of obstacle—a fence, a bush, a pile of brush, a sharply (if, in this case, politely) worded sign. Robert Moor The proposed fence would not enclose the parking lot, only limit its use as a desire path. Zachary Oren Smith Word History First Known Use 1993, in the meaning defined above
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