| 单词 | to wade to | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto 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.). ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas  | 
	
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