wade
v
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
walk with an effort (through water, mud or anything that makes walking difficult) 費力地走、 涉或渡(過水、 泥地等)
I can't wade in these boots. 我穿著這雙靴子沒法渡水.
There's no bridge; we'll have to wade across (the stream). 沒有橋, 我們得渡過(小河)去.
The angler waded (out) into the middle of the river. 釣魚的人渡水到河中央去了.
They had to wade knee-deep through mud and debris to reach the victims. 他們須通過齊膝的爛泥和堆積物, 磕磕絆絆來到遇難者身旁. Cf 參看 paddle2 1.
(b) [Tn] cross (a stream, etc) by wading 渡過(小河等)
Can we wade the brook? 我們能渡過這條小河嗎?
2 (phr v) wade in (infml 口) start doing sth (esp sth difficult) with energy and determination 堅決努力著手做某事(尤指困難的事)
The job has to be done, so let's wade in immediately. 這件工作非做不可, 咱們說干就干吧. wade into sb/sth attack sb/sth vigorously 猛烈攻擊某人[某事物]
She waded straight into her critics with her opening remarks. 她在開?quot;桌锏サ噸比肱昊髁伺浪娜? wade through sth read sth that is long or difficult to read, without interest or enjoyment 費力地閱讀冗長或艱深的材料(無興致或樂趣)
wading through page after page of boring statistics 吃力地一頁頁看著乏味的統計數字.
?? 擴展釋義
*[weid]vi. 跋涉vt. 涉水n. 跋涉, 淺灘相關詞組: wade in wade into wade through sth
?? 同詞根單詞
precedingadj. (時間或地點上)在先的,在前的,前面的;前述的;上述的;
v. 在…之前發生(或出現);走在…前面;先于;“precede”的現在分詞;