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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tread1 /tred/ ●○○ verb (past tense trod /trɒd $ trɑːd/, past participle trodden /ˈtrɒdn $ ˈtrɑːdn/)  1  step in/on 踩到里面/上面 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British EnglishSTAND to put your foot on or in something while you are walking 踩，踏 SYN steptread in/on Sorry, did I tread on your foot? 对不起，我踩到你的脚了吗？ She trod barefoot on the soft grass. 她光脚踩在柔软的草地上。2  tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc CAREFULto be very careful about what you say or do in a difficult situation 步步小心，言行谨慎 If I wanted to keep my job, I knew I’d have to tread lightly. 我知道我要是想保住工作，就得小心谨慎。3  crush 挤压 a) [transitive] British EnglishSQUASH to press or crush something into the floor or ground with your feet 用力踩；踩烂 SYN American English tracktread something into/onto/over something Stop treading mud all over my clean kitchen floor! 不要把我干干净净的厨房地板踩得到处都是泥巴！ Bits of the broken vase got trodden into the carpet. 花瓶的碎片被踩进了地毯里。 b) tread grapesTA to crush grapes with your feet in order to produce juice for making wine 踩葡萄〔以取汁酿酒〕4  tread a path British English writtenDO to take a particular action or series of actions 采取某种[一系列]行动 Getting the right balance between home and work is a difficult path to tread. 要想在家庭和工作之间找到平衡并非易事。5  tread water  (past tense and past participle treaded) 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 〔尤指因等待某事发生而〕徘徊观望 All I could do was tread water until the contracts arrived. 我能做的就是等待，直到合同送来。6  walk 走路 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] literaryWALK to walk 行走，步行 David trod wearily along behind the others. 戴维疲惫地走在其他人后面。7. tread the boards humorousAPT to work as an actor 当演员，演戏 → tread on somebody’s toes at toe1(3)→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

tread• Fools drive where angels fear to tread.• We trod carefully over the icy cobblestones.• Censorship was not legally defined so the opposition movement had to tread carefully.• 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 trodden on dozens of times.• This is indeed treading the fine line between glory and disaster.• Anyway the moment I trod the stage I felt completely at home.• 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 trodden on dozens of times.• He was treading on dry land.• He also seemed to indicate that, despite press reports, it would not be treading on General Magic's toes either.• I danced rigidly with Giacomo, kicking his shins and treading on his toes.• If you hadn't been a doormat you wouldn't have been trodden on - that's what doormats are for.• His bare feet could identify all the frayed patches on the long ribbon of carpet and each worn tread on the stairs.• Do not let anybody, particularly gardening writers, tread on your dreams.

Related topics: Motor vehicles, Household

tread2 noun  1. [countable, uncountable]TTC the pattern of lines on the part of a tyre that touches the road 轮胎胎面花纹2. [countable]DH the part of a stair that you put your foot on 〔楼梯的〕梯面，踏步板3  [singular] literarySOUND the particular sound that someone makes when they walk 脚步声，走路声 I heard the back door bang, and Rex’s tread in the hall. 我听到后门重重关上，然后是雷克斯在门厅里走动的脚步声。

Examples from the Corpus

tread• It was with relief that I heard Sherlock Holmes's familiar tread upon the stairs.• As if in answer to her wish she heard a heavy, masculine tread on the uncarpeted stairs outside her door.• Stairs of dark wood curved up from the hall, and the old treads creaked under their combined weight.• The outside of the shoe was constructed from woven fabric and metal with a ribbed silicon rubber tread.• Suddenly there came the sound of the tread of the patriarch.• The tyre tread does not protrude beyond the wheel arch, but the side wall does noticeably.• His bare feet could identify all the frayed patches on the long ribbon of carpet and each worn tread on the stairs.Origin tread1 Old English tredan

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tread¹ /tred/ verb (past tense trod /trɒd $ trɑːd/, past participle trodden /ˈtrɒdn $ ˈtrɑːdn/)1.  STEP IN/ON  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English to put your foot on or in something while you are walking
   SYN  step
    tread in/on
    Sorry, did I tread on your foot?
    She trod barefoot on the soft grass.
2. tread carefully/warily/cautiously etc to be very careful about what you say or do in a difficult situation:
    If I wanted to keep my job, I knew I’d have to tread lightly.
3.  CRUSH
  a. [transitive] British English to press or crush something into the floor or ground with your feet
   SYN  track American English
    tread something into/onto/over something
    Stop treading mud all over my clean kitchen floor!
    Bits of the broken vase got trodden into the carpet.
  b. tread grapes to crush grapes with your feet in order to produce juice for making wine
4. tread a path British English written to take a particular action or series of actions:
    Getting the right balance between home and work is a difficult path to tread.
5. tread water (past tense and past participle treaded)
  a. to stay floating upright in deep water by moving your legs as if you are riding a bicycle
  b. to make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen:
    All I could do was tread water until the contracts arrived.
6.  WALK  [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] literary to walk:
    David trod wearily along behind the others.
7. tread the boards humorous to work as an actor
⇨ tread on sb’s toes at toe¹(3)

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tread² noun

1. [uncountable and countable] the pattern of lines on the part of a tyre that touches the road
2. [countable] the part of a stair that you put your foot on
3. [singular] literary the particular sound that someone makes when they walk:
    I heard the back door bang, and Rex’s tread in the hall.