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tread (obj) STEPtredvpast simple trod HtrBd, $trA:d or Am also treaded, past part trodden H9trBdYEn, $9trA:YdEn or Am and Aus also trod HtrBd, $trA:dto put the foot down; step踩; 踏I kept treading on his toes when we were dancing. [I always + adv/prep]我们俩在跳舞时我不断地踩到他的脚趾头。Mind you don't tread in the oil when you get out of the car. [I always + adv/prep]下车时当心不要踩在油里。He trod all over my nice clean floor in his filthy boots! [I always + adv/prep]他穿着肮脏的靴子踩遍了我漂亮干净的地板。He trod (= walked) heavily and reluctantly up the stairs. [I always + adv/prep]他拖着重重的步子上楼。Some of the grass is trodden down where people have been playing football. [T]人们踢足球的地方一些草被踩坏了。Yuck! Look what I've just trodden in! [I always + adv/prep]呸！看我刚才踩到什么里面去了！A load of food had been trodden (= crushed by the feet) into the carpet. [T]许多吃的东西被踩到地毯里去了。Before the days of automation, they used to tread grapes to make wine. [T]在自动化时代以前，他们常踩葡萄取汁酿酒。(literary) I sometimes see him flash past in his sports car as I tread my weary way (= walk in a tired way) to work. [T]当我踏着疲惫的脚步去上班时，我有时候看到他开着跑车飞驰而过。To tread carefully is to speak or behave carefully to avoid upsetting or causing offence to anyone.小心处理The government know they have to tread carefully on this issue. [I always + adv]政府知道他们必须在这个问题上小心处理。(fig.) Well, that's how you get to the top -- you tread on other people (= treat them badly). [I always + adv/prep]好吧，那就是你如何到达高位的----你踩在别人的身上。(humorous) To tread the boards is to act in plays.演戏It's three years now since you've trodden the boards, Ken -- how does it feel to be back?凯恩，至今你演戏已有三年了----回顾以前感觉如何？To tread water is to float vertically in the water by moving the legs and the arms up and down.踩水(fig.) I think she feels that she's just treading water in that job (= not advancing in any way).我认为她感到她做那份工作只是在原地踩水。"I have spread my dreams under your feet; / Tread softly because you tread on my dreams" (W.B.Yeats in the poem Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, 1929) “我已经把我的梦想铺在了你的脚下; /轻轻地踩，因为你踩在我的梦想上”（叶芝的诗《伊达梦想有圣衣》）
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