no obj. with adverbial
1- walk through water or another liquid or soft substance蹚水(或其他液体、软物质)艰难行走; 涉, 跋涉:
in the absence of any jetty we waded ashore.
没有码头, 我们蹚水上岸。
1.1
- with obj. walk through (something filled with water)涉过, 蹚过(有水处):
I had waded ditches instead of attempting to find easier crossing places.
我蹚过几条水沟, 而不是试图寻找更容易穿越的地方。
1.2
wade through
read laboriously through (a long piece of writing)辛苦地读完(长篇作品)。
1.3
wade into
informal get involved in (something) vigorously or forcefully〈非正式〉积极参与:Seb waded into the melee and started to beat off the boys.
塞勃投入打斗并开始打退那些男孩。
1.4
wade into
informal attack (someone) physically or in argument〈非正式〉(以身体上或在争论中)攻击:Vincent waded into his father with such anger.
文森特十分生气地猛烈攻击了他父亲。
1.5
wade in
informal make a vigorous attack or intervention〈非正式〉猛烈攻击(或干涉):Nicola waded in and grabbed the baby.
尼古拉猛地冲过来夺走了婴儿。
派生词
wadable
(亦作wadeable)adjective词源
Old English wadan 'move onward', also 'penetrate', from a Germanic word meaning 'go (through)', from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere 'go'.