wade
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you wade through something that makes it difficult to walk, usually water or mud, you walk through it. 蹚 (過水、泥等)
Her mother came to find them, wading across a river to reach them. 她的母親蹚過河來找他們。
2. V-I To wade through a lot of documents or pieces of information means to spend a lot of time and effort reading them or dealing with them. 費時費力地啃讀
It has taken a long time to wade through the "incredible volume" of evidence. 已經花費了很長時間來研讀這宗“卷帙浩瀚”的証據。
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wade /weɪd/ (wading,waded,wades)
剑桥词典
- [ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 經常 後麪必須接副詞或介詞的動詞, 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ] mainly UK
to walk through water or other liquid with some effort , because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs , or thick
(在水中)艱難地行進,涉水,蹚
The river was full but we managed to wade across . 河裡漲滿了水,但我們設法蹚了過去。
We waded a shallow river . 我們蹚過了一條淺淺的小河。
They had to wade through a swamp . 他們不得不艱難地步行穿過沼澤地。
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] US (UK paddle)
to walk in water that is not very deep
在淺水中蹚水(玩耍)
We rolled up our trousers and waded at the edge of the lake . 我們卷起褲腳沿著湖邊蹚水而行。
短語動詞
wade inwade into sth
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