tread
vi. 踩,踏; 行走; 交尾
vt. 踩成; 踏出; 步行於; 踩(爛)
n. 踏,踩,走; 交尾; (樓梯的)踏板; 輪胎接觸地面的部分
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,對不起,我不是故意踩你腳的。
I had white rugs on the floor, but people were scared to tread on them in case they marked.
我在地板上鋪了白色小地毯,但大家都不敢往上踩,以免在上面留下腳印。
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,享受著溼漉漉的草地觸及雙腳的感覺。
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.
我們現在可以非常清楚地聽到他們沉重的腳步聲。
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關係,首先要慎重行事,不要著急。
There are three reasons for treading warily in such matters.
這種事情需要謹慎行事有 3 個原因。
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.
他走上樓梯。梯面上鋪了一種橡膠,因此沒有什麼聲響。
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.
這種寬大的輪胎有很深的胎面花紋。
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...
他們既要讓孩子們瞭解情況,又不能讓他們產生厭煩情緒,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,總統在向議會演講時將不得不仔細拿捏分寸。
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...
他還是不按傳統方式行事。
Stylistically, Weller is treading a similar path to that of Lenny Kravitz.
在風格上,韋勒與倫尼·克拉維茨走著相似的路子。
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.
我要麼原地踏步直到獲得晉升(這看來得是幾年以後的事了),要麼改變現在正做的事情。
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)
見 board
tread on air
tread (或 step) on someone's toes
(因侵犯某人權責範圍而)冒犯某人
tread the boards
表演:在舞臺上表演
tread water
踩水:身體直立時透過蹬腳使頭部露在水面以上
白費力氣:花了很多力氣,但是對達到一個目標或目的起的作用很小
That is a dangerous path for a central bank to tread.
對央行而言,這種做法是危險的.
Don't tread on crops.
不要踩踏莊稼.
These rough roads soon wore the tread of motorcycle tires off.
這些崎嶇不平的路很快就把摩托車輪胎磨平了.
Those marks of their constant tread have noteffaced though their kinship has been long forgotten.
他們的親屬關係早被忘卻,他們不變的足印的符號並沒有消滅.
But how do you tread the fine line between being funny and being a joke?
但你該如何掌握有趣和可笑之間的細微差別 呢 ?