sidewalk

sidewalk — noun

1. An elevated, hard-surfaced strip alongside a road where pedestrians can travel s

1.名詞B1
釋義

An elevated, hard-surfaced strip alongside a road where pedestrians can travel safely.

例句

Mauricio walked his dog along the sidewalk every evening after dinner.

collocation: walk along the sidewalk

The icy sidewalk outside the library made walking quite dangerous.

collocation: icy sidewalk

同義詞
  • pavement

    British English equivalent; in the US, pavement means the road surface itself

  • footpath

    Common in UK and Australian English; often refers to paths not necessarily beside a road

  • walkway

    More general term for any paved or raised path, not necessarily beside a street

反義詞
  • roadway

    The part of the street used by vehicles, as opposed to the sidewalk for pedestrians

  • street

    The whole paved surface including the area for cars; sidewalk is specifically the pedestrian edge

用法筆記

Sidewalk is the standard American English term. In British English, the equivalent word is 'pavement'. It is a countable noun, so you can say 'a sidewalk' or 'the sidewalk'.

常見錯誤

❌I walked on the pavement' (in the US).
✅I walked on the sidewalk.
💡'pavement' in the US refers to the road surface, not the walking path.
❌There was a crack in the walkway.' (when meaning the street-adjacent path).
✅There was a crack in the sidewalk.
💡'walkway' is a more general term for any path; 'sidewalk' specifically runs beside a street.