wade

verb

/weɪd/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they wade	/weɪd/ /weɪd/
he / she / it wades	/weɪdz/ /weɪdz/
past simple waded	/ˈweɪdɪd/ /ˈweɪdɪd/
past participle waded	/ˈweɪdɪd/ /ˈweɪdɪd/
-ing form wading	/ˈweɪdɪŋ/ /ˈweɪdɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive, transitive] to walk with an effort through something, especially water or mud跋涉，涉，蹚（水或淤泥等）
- (+ adv./prep.) He waded into the water to push the boat out.他蹚进水里把船推出来。
- Sometimes they had to wade waist-deep through mud.有时他们得通过齐腰深的泥浆。
- The men waded ashore.那些男人趟过水上了岸。
- We waded across the stream.我们趟过小溪。
- wade something They waded the river at a shallow point.他们在水浅处蹚过河。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- slowly
- ashore
- across
- …
preposition
- across
- in
- into
- …
phrases
- wade knee-deep, waist-deep, etc. in something
(North American English)
(British English paddle)
[intransitive] to walk or stand with no shoes or socks in shallow water in the sea, a lake, etc.蹚水；赤足涉水Topics Hobbiesc1

词源Old English wadan ‘move onward’, also ‘penetrate’, from a Germanic word meaning ‘go (through)’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere ‘go’.