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单词 tread
释义 tread

tread /tred/

noun (STEP)
1
F0 [S] the sound that your feet make on the ground as you walk:
» Then I heard someone's tread on the stairs.Thesaurus+: ↑Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
2
F0 [S] the horizontal part of a step on which you put your foot
Thesaurus+: ↑Stairs and lifts
noun [C or U] (PATTERN ON TYRE)
F0 the pattern of raised lines on a tyre that prevents a vehicle from sliding on the road: » The tread on your tyres is very worn.Thesaurus+: ↑The exterior of vehicles
verb [I or T, usually + adv/prep] (trod or US ALSO treaded, trodden or US AND AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH ALSO trod) ↑Verb Endings for tread
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C2 MAINLY UK to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot:
» I kept treading on his toes when we were dancing.» Yuck! Look what I've just trodden in!» A load of food had been trodden into the carpet.» Before the days of automation, they used to tread grapes to make wine.Thesaurus+: ↑Walking and walkers
2
F0 LITERARY to walk:
» He trod heavily and reluctantly up the stairs.» I sometimes see him flash past in his sports car as I tread my weary way (= walk in a tired way) to work.Thesaurus+: ↑Walking and walkers
tread water
3
F0 to float vertically in the water by moving the legs and the arms up and down
Thesaurus+: ↑Swimming
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Extra Examples:» 'Hey, mind!' he said when she trod on his foot.» She got badly spiked when one of the runners trod on her heel.» He trod heavily and reluctantly up the stairs.» I accidentally trod on the dog's foot and it yelped.» Mind you don't tread in the mud.
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