英语词汇“to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. intransitive. In phrases, esp. in figurative sense. to tread on air, to walk buoyantly or jubilantly; cf. walk v.; to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice: see the nouns.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position

stacker1402

periclitate1581

to stand on a rolling stone1581

to lie upon the wager1590

tottera1616

concern1659

to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734

tremblea1862

to skate over (or on) thin ice1897

to teeter on the brink1937

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > walk jubilantly

to tread on air1796

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (intransitive)] > be elated

to walk on (also upon, in) air1632

to tread on air1874

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 110 Eueriche of them tredeth in the foxes path, and seketh his hole.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxv. vi He doth..teach the humble how to tread.

1668 J. Denham Poems 147 Sense, her Vassal, in her footsteps treads.

1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xi. 381 Misery, and shame, and repentance, always tread close at the heels of wickedness.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 36 Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread [rhyme dead].

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 266 He had his jury to deal with, and if he did not tread upon eggs, they would conclude sinistrously.

1796 R. M. Roche Children of Abbey I. viii. 154 Such were the ideas of the innocent and romantic Amanda; ideas, which made her seem to tread on air.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xi. 223 If Wednesday should ever come!.. It came—it was fine—and Catherine trod on air.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vi. 560 On the principal ground, however, the parliament..trode nearly blindfold.

1839 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Frogs 452 (note) Was the author treading upon still more delicate ground than the Scholiast has imagined?

1874 G. J. Whyte-Melville Uncle John xxii Leaving the gaol..Mr. Lexley seemed to tread on air.

单词	to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice
释义	> as lemmas to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice b. intransitive. In phrases, esp. in figurative sense. to tread on air, to walk buoyantly or jubilantly; cf. walk v.; to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin ice: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position stacker1402 periclitate1581 to stand on a rolling stone1581 to lie upon the wager1590 tottera1616 concern1659 to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734 tremblea1862 to skate over (or on) thin ice1897 to teeter on the brink1937 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > walk jubilantly to tread on air1796 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (intransitive)] > be elated to walk on (also upon, in) air1632 to tread on air1874 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 110 Eueriche of them tredeth in the foxes path, and seketh his hole. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxv. vi He doth..teach the humble how to tread. 1668 J. Denham Poems 147 Sense, her Vassal, in her footsteps treads. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xi. 381 Misery, and shame, and repentance, always tread close at the heels of wickedness. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 36 Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread [rhyme dead]. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 266 He had his jury to deal with, and if he did not tread upon eggs, they would conclude sinistrously. 1796 R. M. Roche Children of Abbey I. viii. 154 Such were the ideas of the innocent and romantic Amanda; ideas, which made her seem to tread on air. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xi. 223 If Wednesday should ever come!.. It came—it was fine—and Catherine trod on air. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vi. 560 On the principal ground, however, the parliament..trode nearly blindfold. 1839 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Frogs 452 (note) Was the author treading upon still more delicate ground than the Scholiast has imagined? 1874 G. J. Whyte-Melville Uncle John xxii Leaving the gaol..Mr. Lexley seemed to tread on air. extracted from treadv. < as lemmas
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