treading

英 [ˈtredɪŋ]

美 [ˈtredɪŋ]

v.  踩; 踏; 践踏; 踩碎; 行走; 步行; 走
tread的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 踩;踏；践踏
  If youtread onsomething, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.
  1. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot...
     哦，对不起，我不是故意踩你脚的。
  2. 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。
• VERB (以某种方式)步行，行走
  If youtreadin a particular way, you walk that way.
  1. 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。
• N-SING 脚步声
  A person'streadis the sound that they make with their feet as they walk.
  1. 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。
• VERB （谨慎）行事
  If youtreadcarefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT (台阶或楼梯的)梯面，踏板
  Thetreadof a step or stair is its flat upper surface.
  1. 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。
• N-VAR (轮胎胎面、鞋底的)花纹
  Thetreadof a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 走钢丝般行事;小心地把握分寸
  If someone istreading afinelineorpath, 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE (以…方式)行事;走(…的)路子
  If youtreada particularpath, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
  1. He continues to tread an unconventional path...
     他还是不按传统方式行事。
  2. 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。
• 踩水
  If someone who is in deep watertreads water, they float in an upright position by moving their legs slightly.
• PHRASE 原地踏步;毫无进展
  If you say that someoneis treading water, you mean that they are in an unsatisfactory situation where they are not progressing, but are just continuing doing the same things.
  1. 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。
• totread onsomeone'stoes→ see:toe

双语例句

• She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air.
  她高兴地走着，脚底下轻飘飘的。
• I walked the way she told me to, treading slowly and lightly to avoid the vibrations that alarm small animals.
  我走在她告诉我的路上，脚步缓慢而轻盈，以避免振动惊扰了小动物。
• They were treading the grapes to make wine.
  他们在踩葡萄取汁酿酒。
• The richness of the dark-blue carpet gave one the impression of treading on velvet.
  厚厚的深蓝色地毯，踩上去使你觉得好像是踩在天鹅绒上。
• I began to feel like I was treading water, instead of drowning in it.
  我开始感到像是踏在了水面上，而不是被水淹没。
• Two years ago Mr Obama was virtually walking on water; today he is barely treading water.
  两年前，奥巴马实际上创造了奇迹；而眼下，他不过是在原地踏步。
• I then devised a rig that enabled me to strike an x by treading a pedal.
  于是，我设计了一个只要按一下踏板就能打出“x”的装置。
• I think she feels that she's just treading water in that job.
  我认为她感到她做那份工作只是在原地踩水。
• She rested for a moment, treading water, and then started for shore.
  她踩着水休息了一会儿，然后开始向岸边游去。
• Treading water all night long, screaming his lungs out.
  他踩了一晚上的水，大声的呼救。