Definition of puffin crossing in English:

puffin crossing

noun

(in the UK) a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights which go green again only when no more pedestrians are detected on the crossing by infrared detectors and mats.
（英国）（红外探测器和铺层确定无行人穿过时才转成绿灯的）智能人行横道
Example sentencesExamples
- The work to convert the zebra crossing into a puffin crossing is set to start in October and has received funding from Bradford Council's Highways Department.
- Mr Barton said the scheme would provide footpaths for pedestrians and cyclists with puffin crossings similar to those on the recently improved Manchester Road-Mayo Avenue roundabout.
- An application has been made to install a puffin crossing outside The Sun pub in Bradford Old Road and a mini roundabout at the road's junction with Cottingley Moor Road to ease heavy traffic.
- Mrs Allen said the school had a puffin crossing and a crossing patrol, but there had been no applicants to man a second patrol post.
- They claim that replacing the zebra crossings on both streets with light-controlled puffin crossings would be unsafe and harm the appearance of the area.

Origin

1990s: puffin from p(edestrian) u(ser) f(riendly) in(telligent), respelled after the bird's name by analogy with pelican crossing.

单词	puffin crossing
释义	Definition of puffin crossing in English: puffin crossing noun (in the UK) a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights which go green again only when no more pedestrians are detected on the crossing by infrared detectors and mats. （英国）（红外探测器和铺层确定无行人穿过时才转成绿灯的）智能人行横道 Example sentencesExamples The work to convert the zebra crossing into a puffin crossing is set to start in October and has received funding from Bradford Council's Highways Department. Mr Barton said the scheme would provide footpaths for pedestrians and cyclists with puffin crossings similar to those on the recently improved Manchester Road-Mayo Avenue roundabout. An application has been made to install a puffin crossing outside The Sun pub in Bradford Old Road and a mini roundabout at the road's junction with Cottingley Moor Road to ease heavy traffic. Mrs Allen said the school had a puffin crossing and a crossing patrol, but there had been no applicants to man a second patrol post. They claim that replacing the zebra crossings on both streets with light-controlled puffin crossings would be unsafe and harm the appearance of the area. Origin 1990s: puffin from p(edestrian) u(ser) f(riendly) in(telligent), respelled after the bird's name by analogy with pelican crossing.
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