1. the act of crossing a street in an illegal, careless, or unsafe manner Sidewalks overflow with people during lunch and rush hours, intersections become clogged, and jaywalking is a Pittsburgh tradition. — Joe Grata —often used before another noun jaywalking tickets jaywalking laws
jaywalking 例句
英汉例句
one, we were jaywalking on a street with light traffic.
我们算是非法过马路的啊。
the scheme had come under fire from lawyers who said public humiliation was too steep a punishment for jaywalking and warned of defamation lawsuits against police.
这一计划遭到了律师的反对,他们说,这种公开羞辱对于闯红灯的行人太过严厉,且违反了相关的法律。
and then there are the familiar conundrums: the rule is no jaywalking, but only by jaywalking will i have a chance of saving the dog that is about to be hit by a car.
于是就有了类似的难题:规定说不能乱穿马路,但我必须乱穿马路才有机会救下那条要被车撞到的狗。
traffic police recorded 7.78 million jaywalking violations at shanghai intersections in the first eight months of 2008, the paper said.
报章称,根据交警的记录,在2008年的前8个月,共有770万次行人在路口闯红灯的记录。
jaywalking is an informal term commonly used in north america to refer to illegal or reckless pedestrian crossing of a roadway.
通常在北美用来指非法或鲁莽的行人过路。
do you think jaywalking causes more traffic accidents?