tread

英 [tred] 美[tr?d]

TEM4TOEFLCET6CET6+GRE中低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?treads;過去式:?trod;過去分詞:?trodden;現(xiàn)在分詞:?treading;

1. 諧音“踹的”，即“用腳踹的”，引申為“踐踏”。

tread 踩踏，踐踏，步行，輪胎胎面

來自古英語 tredan,踩踏，來自 PIE*tred,踩踏，來自 PIE*der,走，跑，步行，詞源同 trade,tramp. 后用于指輪胎胎面，常見于復(fù)合詞 retread,翻修，翻新。

tread: tread: [OE] Tread comes from a prehistoric Germanic *trethan, which also produced German treten, Dutch treden, Swedish tr?da, and Danish tr?de. It does not appear to have any relations outside Germanic, however. Trade comes from the same base, and it is thought that trot [13] may do so too, although its immediate source was Old French troter.
=> trade, trot
tread (v.): Old English tredan "to tread, step on, trample; traverse, pass over" (class V strong verb; past tense tr?d, past participle treden), from Proto-Germanic *tred- (cognates: Old Saxon tredan, Old Frisian treda, Middle Dutch treden, Old High German tretan, German treten, Gothic trudan, Old Norse troea), from PIE *der- (1) "assumed base of roots meaning 'to run, walk, step'" [Watkins]. Related: Trod; treading.
tread (n.): early 13c., "a step or stepping, pressure with the foot," from tread (v.); in reference to automobile tires, it is recorded from 1906.

1. We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread.: 我們現(xiàn)在可以非常清楚地聽到他們沉重的腳步聲。

3. Martin is inclined to rush in where angels fear to tread.: 馬丁總是喜歡貿(mào)然行事。

4. The satin slippers tread daintily through the dewy grass.: 緞子拖鞋輕盈地踏過沾著露珠的草地。