tread
vi. 踩,踏; 行走; 交尾
vt. 踩成; 踏出; 步行于; 踩(烂)
n. 踏,踩,走; 交尾; (楼梯的)踏板; 轮胎接触地面的部分
If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot...
哦,对不起,我不是故意踩你脚的。
I had white rugs on the floor, but people were scared to tread on them in case they marked.
我在地板上铺了白色小地毯,但大家都不敢往上踩,以免在上面留下脚印。
If you tread in a particular way, you walk that way.
She trod casually, enjoying the touch of the damp grass on her feet.
她信步而行,享受着湿漉漉的草地触及双脚的感觉。
A person's tread is the sound that they make with their feet as they walk.
We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread.
我们现在可以非常清楚地听到他们沉重的脚步声。
If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way.
If you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with...
如果你希望建立新的关系,首先要慎重行事,不要着急。
There are three reasons for treading warily in such matters.
这种事情需要谨慎行事有 3 个原因。
The tread of a step or stair is its flat upper surface.
He walked up the stairs. The treads were covered with a kind of rubber and very quiet.
他走上楼梯。梯面上铺了一种橡胶,因此没有什么声响。
The tread of a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping.
The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
这种宽大的轮胎有很深的胎面花纹。
If someone is treading a fine line or path, they are acting carefully because they have to avoid making a serious mistake, especially in a situation where they have to deal with two opposing demands.
They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them...
他们既要让孩子们了解情况,又不能让他们产生厌烦情绪,不得不小心把握分寸。
The President will therefore have to tread a very fine line when he addresses the parliament.
因此,总统在向议会演讲时将不得不仔细拿捏分寸。
If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
He continues to tread an unconventional path...
他还是不按传统方式行事。
Stylistically, Weller is treading a similar path to that of Lenny Kravitz.
在风格上,韦勒与伦尼·克拉维茨走着相似的路子。
If someone who is in deep water treads water, they float in an upright position by moving their legs slightly.
If you say that someone is treading water, you mean that they are in an unsatisfactory situation where they are not progressing, but are just continuing doing the same things.
I could either tread water until I was promoted, which looked to be a few years away, or I could change what I was doing.
我要么原地踏步直到获得晋升(这看来得是几年以后的事了),要么改变现在正做的事情。
1. a step in walking or running
2. the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
3. the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
4. structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
1. put down or press the foot, place the foot;
2. tread or stomp heavily or roughly;
3. crush as if by treading on;
4. brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
5. apply (the tread) to a tire
6. mate with;
tread the boards (或 stage)
见 board
tread on air
tread (或 step) on someone's toes
(因侵犯某人权责范围而)冒犯某人
tread the boards
表演:在舞台上表演
tread water
踩水:身体直立时通过蹬脚使头部露在水面以上
白费力气:花了很多力气,但是对达到一个目标或目的起的作用很小
That is a dangerous path for a central bank to tread.
对央行而言,这种做法是危险的.
Don't tread on crops.
不要踩踏庄稼.
These rough roads soon wore the tread of motorcycle tires off.
这些崎岖不平的路很快就把摩托车轮胎磨平了.
Those marks of their constant tread have noteffaced though their kinship has been long forgotten.
他们的亲属关系早被忘却,他们不变的足印的符号并没有消灭.
But how do you tread the fine line between being funny and being a joke?
但你该如何掌握有趣和可笑之间的细微差别 呢 ?