tread water (past tensepstandpast participlepptreaded) a)DSSto stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle〔游泳时〕踩水 b)PROGRESSto make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen〔尤指因等待...
(redirected from treads water)Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia. tread (trĕd) v. trod (trŏd) or treaded, trod·den (trŏd′n) or trod or treaded, tread·ing, treads v.tr. 1. To walk on, over, or along: tread the pavement. 2. To press beneath the feet; ...
tread waterpast tense and past participletreaded 5.1 【释义】 to stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle 〔游泳时〕踩水 5.2 【释义】 to make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen ...
• When I get to the pool I am both delighted and relieved to see Winston treading water. tread in/on• To examine the work, viewers must decide whether to tread on a flag laid neatly on the floor before it.• We've made the effort, we've seen the airport, we've nearly got...
Totread a measure"dance" is from 1590s. Totread waterin swimming, "move the feet and hands regularly up and down while keeping the body in an erect position in order to keep the head above the water," is attested by 1764. Totread the stage"perform in a drama" is by 1690s (astrea...
tread water 1. To keep the head above water while in an upright position by pumping the legs. 2. To expend effort but make little or no progress to achievement of a goal or an end. [Middle English treden, from Old English tredan.] tread′less adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of ...
whether it’s a body block or tossing a handful of treats or turning and moving away to distract the dogs from a tense encounter. Yes, it’s polite to ask if you can give someone else’s dog a treat, but if an 80 pound Chessie is running full bore at my dog, ears pinned and ha...
tread 踩踏,践踏,步行,轮胎胎面来自古英语 tredan,踩踏,来自 PIE*tred,踩踏,来自 PIE*der,走,跑,步行,词源同 trade,tramp. 后用于指轮胎胎面,常见于复合词 retread,翻修,翻新。 英文词源: tread tread: [OE]Treadcomes from a prehistoric Germanic *trethan, which also produced Germantreten, Dutchtreden,...
5 tread water(past tensepstandpast participlepptreaded) a)DSSto stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle〔游泳时〕踩水 b)PROGRESSto make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen〔尤指因...
Bits of the broken vase got trodden into the carpet.b)tread grapesto crushgrapeswith your feet in order toproducejuicefor makingwine4→tread a path5→tread water6walk[intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]literaryto walkDavid trod wearily along behind the others.7→tread the ...