tread
verb /tred/
/tred/
动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tread | /tred/ /tred/ |
| he / she / it treads | /tredz/ /tredz/ |
| past simple trod | /trɒd/ /trɑːd/ |
| past participle trodden | /ˈtrɒdn/ /ˈtrɑːdn/ |
| past participle trod | /trɒd/ /trɑːd/ |
| -ing form treading | /ˈtredɪŋ/ /ˈtredɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially British English) to put your foot down while you are stepping or walking
踩；踏；践踏 - Ouch! You trod on my toe!
唉哟！你踩着我的脚指头了！ - Careful you don't tread in that puddle.
小心，别踩着那水坑。
- Be careful not to tread on the flowers.
小心不要踩到花。 - He came down the stairs, treading as heavily as he could.
他用力踏着脚步从楼梯上走下来。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- gently
- lightly
- …
- in
- into
- on
- …
- Ouch! You trod on my toe!
- [transitive] tread something (+ adv./prep.) to move, push or press something with your feet
踩碎；践踏 - Don't tread ash into the carpet!
别把烟灰踩进地毯里！ - The wine is still made by treading grapes in the traditional way.
这种葡萄酒仍然是以传统的方法踩碎葡萄酿制的。 - She planted the seeds and trod the earth down.
她埋下种子，把土踩实。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- gently
- lightly
- …
- in
- into
- on
- …
- Don't tread ash into the carpet!
- [transitive, intransitive] tread (something) (formal or literary) to walk somewhere
行走；步行；走 - Few people had trod this path before.
以前没有多少人走过这条小路。 - He was treading quietly and cautiously.
他蹑手蹑脚地走着。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- gently
- lightly
- …
- in
- into
- on
- …
- Few people had trod this path before.
词源Old English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten.
Idioms
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
- (saying) people with little experience try to do the difficult or dangerous things that more experienced people would not consider doing
（智者却步处）愚者独敢闯
tread carefully, warily, etc.
- to be very careful about what you do or say
小心谨慎地说；小心翼翼地做 - The government will have to tread very carefully in handling this issue.
政府在处理这个问题时须慎之又慎。 - We must tread warily —we don't want to offend anyone.
我们必须小心行事——我们不想得罪任何人。
- The government will have to tread very carefully in handling this issue.
tread a difficult, dangerous, solitary, etc. path
- to choose and follow a particular way of life, way of doing something, etc.
走一条困难、危险、孤独等的人生道路（指选择特定的生活方式或处事方法） - A restaurant has to tread the tricky path between maintaining quality and keeping prices down.
餐馆必须在保证质量和价格低廉之间走出一条困难的折中之路。
- A restaurant has to tread the tricky path between maintaining quality and keeping prices down.
tread on somebody’s heels
- to follow somebody closely
紧随某人之后；步人后尘
tread on somebody’s toes (especially British English)
(North American English usually step on somebody’s toes)
- (informal) to offend or annoy somebody, especially by getting involved in something that is their responsibility
激怒，得罪，冒犯（尤指因插手他人职责） - I don’t want to tread on anybody’s toes so I’ll keep quiet.
我不想冒犯任何人，所以我会保持安静。
- I don’t want to tread on anybody’s toes so I’ll keep quiet.
tread/walk a tightrope
- to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom of action and need to be extremely careful about what you do
身处困境；如履薄冰 - The government is walking a difficult tightrope in wanting to reduce interest rates without pushing up inflation.
政府想在不推高通胀的情况下降低利率，这是在走一条艰难的钢丝。
- The government is walking a difficult tightrope in wanting to reduce interest rates without pushing up inflation.
tread water
- to keep yourself in the same place in deep water by moving your arms and legs
踩水（摆动四肢使身体在深水中保持直立） - to make no progress while you are waiting for something to happen
裹足不前；徘徊观望 - I decided to tread water until a better job came along.
在找到更好的工作之前，我决定先试试水。
- I decided to tread water until a better job came along.
walk/tread a fine/thin line (between A and B)
- to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake
处于困境（或险境）；如履薄冰；走钢丝 - He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
他想滑稽而不粗鲁，难以把握分寸。 - She often seems to tread a thin line between success and failure.
她似乎经常在成功和失败之间徘徊。
- His comedy treads the line between shocking and sickening.
他的喜剧在令人震惊和恶心之间徘徊。 - We have to walk a fine line to make sure we don't promote one brand more than another.
我们必须谨慎行事，以确保我们不会推广一个品牌超过另一个品牌。 - His buildings walk the thin line between visionary and completely mad.
他的建筑在幻想和完全疯狂之间徘徊。
- He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
