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词汇 walkable
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Definition of walkable in English:

walkable

adjective ˈwɔːkəb(ə)lˈwɔkəb(ə)l
  • 1(of an area or route) suitable or safe for walking.

    a walkable neighbourhood
    the path is flush with the surface of the glacier, but it's firm and walkable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And because Aspen is level, walkable, and easy to get around, we decided not to rent a car.
    • For one thing, Inner London remains essentially walkable.
    • The city centre is surprisingly small and very walkable.
    • Today Niles is a charmingly walkable area to explore.
    • The walls are walkable, a good place to peer down at the city streets or over at the distant Welsh mountains.
    • Split itself is a highly civilised, easily walkable town.
    • A half-dozen museums and many elegant Victorian homes are within a few miles of the city's utterly walkable downtown.
    • I found that the city is quite walkable; in fact none of the sites downtown were more than a six-block walk from our hotel.
    • I adore Bombay, the most exciting and walkable city in the world.
    • Copenhagen is indeed wonderful, for it is easygoing, upbeat, and walkable.
    Synonyms
    hard, solid, unyielding, resistant
    1. 1.1 (of a destination) close enough to be reached by walking.
      this hotel is walkable from the bus station
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Community living should be encouraged with offices, schools, shops and services located within walkable distances.
      • Few students think of Baltimore as a hip place with affordable, walkable shops and bars and restaurants where they want to go.
      • Public policies promote building new schools on outlying land at the expense of small, walkable, community-centered schools in older neighborhoods.
      • That should mean not forcing more car-dependence and more fossil fuel burning by closing neighbourhood walkable libraries.
      • Moreton in Marsh (walkable from Bourton on the Hill) has services to London Paddington, Oxford, Worcester and Hereford.
      • We said that our school needed to be inside the community, it needed to be a walkable school.
      • Neighbours are incensed at the spectre of losing yet another walkable grocer.
      • Try coming across the river to Cambridge - it's walkable from the Fleet Center.
      • This challenges the concept of 800-metre walkable catchments for train stations.
      • I prefer walkable shopping centres and don't wish to encourage blank out-of-town boxes.
      • The distance between Main Road and the station fell below the recommended two kilometres, which is seen as walkable, but the council claimed it was too far.
      Synonyms
      near, adjacent, in close proximity, close at hand, near at hand

Derivatives

  • walkability

  • nounwɔːkəˈbɪlɪti
    • Vast developments have been built during the past thirty years that offer little in the way of walkability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In my ongoing house search, walkability to recreation and transit is going to be key.
      • The planners are also interested in maximizing the use of renewable energy in new housing developments and in improving walkability.
      • Since 2001 we've asked panelists to judge the "walkability" of a course in terms of terrain and distance between hole.
      • The defining quality they are looking for is 'walkability' - they want a place where they don't have to get into a car to do everything."

Definition of walkable in US English:

walkable

adjectiveˈwɔkəb(ə)lˈwôkəb(ə)l
  • 1(of an area or route) suitable or safe for walking.

    a walkable neighborhood
    the path is flush with the surface of the glacier, but it's firm and walkable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Copenhagen is indeed wonderful, for it is easygoing, upbeat, and walkable.
    • The walls are walkable, a good place to peer down at the city streets or over at the distant Welsh mountains.
    • I found that the city is quite walkable; in fact none of the sites downtown were more than a six-block walk from our hotel.
    • For one thing, Inner London remains essentially walkable.
    • Split itself is a highly civilised, easily walkable town.
    • The city centre is surprisingly small and very walkable.
    • A half-dozen museums and many elegant Victorian homes are within a few miles of the city's utterly walkable downtown.
    • And because Aspen is level, walkable, and easy to get around, we decided not to rent a car.
    • Today Niles is a charmingly walkable area to explore.
    • I adore Bombay, the most exciting and walkable city in the world.
    Synonyms
    hard, solid, unyielding, resistant
    1. 1.1 (of a destination) close enough to be reached by walking.
      this hotel is walkable from the bus station
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That should mean not forcing more car-dependence and more fossil fuel burning by closing neighbourhood walkable libraries.
      • Public policies promote building new schools on outlying land at the expense of small, walkable, community-centered schools in older neighborhoods.
      • I prefer walkable shopping centres and don't wish to encourage blank out-of-town boxes.
      • We said that our school needed to be inside the community, it needed to be a walkable school.
      • Community living should be encouraged with offices, schools, shops and services located within walkable distances.
      • The distance between Main Road and the station fell below the recommended two kilometres, which is seen as walkable, but the council claimed it was too far.
      • Try coming across the river to Cambridge - it's walkable from the Fleet Center.
      • Neighbours are incensed at the spectre of losing yet another walkable grocer.
      • This challenges the concept of 800-metre walkable catchments for train stations.
      • Few students think of Baltimore as a hip place with affordable, walkable shops and bars and restaurants where they want to go.
      • Moreton in Marsh (walkable from Bourton on the Hill) has services to London Paddington, Oxford, Worcester and Hereford.
      Synonyms
      near, adjacent, in close proximity, close at hand, near at hand
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