| 单词 | tread |
| 释义 | tread (tred ) Word forms: treads , treading , trod , trodden 1. verb 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. [VERB + on] I had white rugs on the floor, but people were scared to tread on them in case they marked. [VERB on noun] 2. verb If you tread in a particular way, you walk that way. [literary] She trod casually, enjoying the touch of the damp grass on her feet. [VERB adverb] Synonyms: step, walk, march, pace 3. singular noun A person's tread is the sound that they make with their feet as they walk. [written] We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread. Synonyms: step, walk, pace, stride 4. verb 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. [VERB adverb] There are three reasons for treading warily in such matters. [VERB adverb] 5. countable noun 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. 6. variable noun 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. 7. tread a fine/delicate/narrow line/path phrase 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. [+ between] The President will therefore have to tread a very fine line when he addresses the parliament. 8. tread a path phrase 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. It was never her intention to tread the same path as her mother. 9. tread water phrase If someone who is in deep water treads water, they float in an upright position by moving their legs slightly. 10. tread water phrase 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, or I could change what I was doing. 11. to tread on someone's toes phrase If you tread on someone's toes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs. [informal] I must be careful not to tread on their toes. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them. Idioms: fools rush in where angels fear to tread or fools rush in said to criticize a person who did something too quickly without thinking clearly about the likely consequences Sometimes I stop and think, how did I get into this? Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers tread water to be in an unsatisfactory situation where you 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. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: tread gently Tread gently on her feelings, though, and spare her the details of your new-found love. The Sun You need support as you tread gently through the many layers of complicated and painful feelings you hold. Times, Sunday Times Sands, whose pay package topped 2m last year, acknowledges that banks now need to tread gently. Times, Sunday Times A wise chancellor would tread gently in such territory. Times, Sunday Times You may tread gently, and with kindness, much as you would with a friend whose love life has just imploded. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 踩踏, 花纹鞋底或轮胎上的, 小心应对鞋底或轮胎上的 Japanese: 踏む, 溝形模様, 振舞う |
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