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单词 to wade to
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to wade (up) to
(a) To walk through water or any liquid or soft substance which impedes motion. Formerly often, to pass over a river, etc., on foot (now rare). Phrase, to wade (up) to (the knees, armpits, etc.).
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid
wadec1220
swalter?a1400
paddle1530
dabble1611
squash1671
slush1853
sqush1929
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > through liquid or mud
wadec1220
waselc1394
ford1675
slunk1728
slop1783
plodge1787
spatter1806
slutch1821
slumper1829
squelch1849
slush1853
splodge1896
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) ii. iv. 43 Ða gebeotode Cirus..þæt hie mehte wifmon be hiere cneowe oferwadan, þær heo ær wæs nigon mila brad.]
c1220 Bestiary 357 Oc on swimmeð bi-forn, and alle ðe oðre foleȝen, weðer so he swimmeð er he wadeð.
c1305 Land Cokaygne 179 Seuen yearis in swineis dritte He mot wade..up to þe chynne.
c1307 Song on Exec. Sir S. Fraser 100 in Wright Pol. Songs (Camden) 217 He wod into the water his feren him bysyde to adrenche.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 58 Wadeþ in þat water, wasscheþ ow wel þere.
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 376 He [sc. Cirus] made that the ryuer was so smal That wommen myghte wade it ouer al.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 234 This Geant..tok this ladi up alofte..And in the flode began to wade.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 7262 Men myght with-Inne a wyle wade A-mong the hors vp to the hamme.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xxvi. 156 He drofe hym in to a water but the gyant was soo hyghe that he myghte not wade after hym.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 388 He weill our woude, Bot till his throt the vattir stude.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 356 Till at the last he fand a place, That men mycht to thair schulderis vaid [1489 Adv. wad].
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiii. 23 The hydduus Oryon Quhen he on fute woyd throu the mekle see.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cliv. 587 Huon and the duches waded to the londe.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 770/1 The ryver is nat so depe as you take it, for a man may wade it over.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 230 They were forced to wade a great way vp to the knees in water.
1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler x. 99 In small Brooks you may angle upwards, or else in great Rivers you must wade.
1684 W. Hedges Diary 4 Sept. (1887) I. 159 The Waters were risen so high that men waded to their middle in most of the Streets.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 3 Finding it..but Breast high, we..waded to the other side.
1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to W. Starrat 30 Aft have I wid thro' glens with chorking feet, When neither plaid nor kelt could fend the weet.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 222 Through a deep and muddy lane, he at length waded on to the place.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xiii. 293 A rill of water, through which we were compelled to wade as high as the knee.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvi. 215 The men wading through the snow appeared as if climbing up a wall.
1884 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 307 Pilgrims, wading knee deep in the river mud, walk round the holy city in sun-wise circuit.
1894 J. Payn Gleams of Memory 99 The gentlemen waded and carried the ladies on their shoulders.
indirect passivea1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xlvii. 5 The depe watris of the stronde hadden wexe greet, that mai not be waad ouer [1382 be ouer wad].1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxciii. sig. I v What is to be done when waters can not be waded ouer.1672 J. Lacey tr. A. Tacquet Mil. Archit. x. 21 in T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline ii It cannot be less than six feet, otherwise a wet Ditch might be waded over.
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