| 单词 | to tread clay, this earth, shoe leather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tread †clay, this earth, shoe leather b. Phrases. to tread the stage (the boards), to act upon the stage, to follow the profession of an actor (also figurative to write stage-plays). to tread †clay, this earth, shoe leather, to be alive, to live; to tread the deck, to be on board ship, be a sailor; to tread the ground, to walk. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] stepOE bistepa1250 to set footc1300 treada1400–50 foota1425 trade1547 stride1596 ambulate1598 purmeinea1614 walka1628 conculcate1657 to tread the ground1691 toddle1819 sashay1878 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] playa1450 to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540 representa1547 act1598 interlude1608 personate1623 to tread the stage (the boards)1691 perform1724 to go on1769 theatricalize1794 histrionize1851 play-act1856 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > be on board ship to tread the deck1748 the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (intransitive)] liveeOE aliveeOE ylivec950 won971 goc1225 movea1325 breathea1382 reigna1400 to pass on earth (also mould)c1400 to draw (one's) breath?1570 exist1578 respire1619 to tread clay, this earth, shoe leather1789 to grab on1861 to store the kin1866 1691 G. Langbaine Acct. Eng. Dram. Poets 465 Shakespear by him reviv'd now treads the Stage. 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 390 Methought she trod the Ground with greater Grace. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 22. ⁋2 One that never trod the Stage before. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 274 As skilful seamen as ever trod a deck. 1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 She is a dainty Chuckie, As e'er tread clay! 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 220 The steeds..chafed on the bit, and trod the ground more proudly. a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 251 A better man never trod shoe-leather. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. viii She had never then trod the boards. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 164 No man that ever trod this earth was ever endowed with greater natural gifts. < as lemmas |
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