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单词 wade
释义 wade
I. \ˈwād\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English waden, from Old English wadan; akin to Old High German watan to go, wade, Old Norse vatha to go through, wade, Latin vadere to go, Old English wæd ford, Old Norse vath, Latin vadum
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : go, pass, penetrate
2. : to step in or through a medium (as water, mud, or sand) that offers more resistance than air
 < waded through a snowdrift — F.V.W.Mason >
 < burros came wading through the corral dust — F.B.Gipson >
 < wading waist-deep in bushes — A.W.Hughes >
3. : to move or get forward with difficulty or labor : proceed slowly among things that constantly hinder or embarrass
 < have to wade through twenty pages of dull moralizing — Douglas Stewart >
 < wade through slaughter to a throne — Thomas Gray >
4. : to set to work or attack with determination or vigor — used with in or into
 < obtained some textbooks and waded in >
 < wade into the morning's mail >
 < waded into his opponent with his bare fists >
 < waded into the reputations of our national heroes — C.V.Woodward >
transitive verb
: to pass or cross by wading
 < wade a stream >
 < wade mud >
II. noun
(-s)
: an act of wading
 < go for a wade in the brook >
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