Definition of wade in English:

wade

verb weɪdweɪd

1no object, with adverbial Walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance.
蹚水（或其他液体、软物质）艰难行走；涉，跋涉
he waded out to the boat
Example sentencesExamples
- We waded ashore knee-deep in water and then we were bundled into trucks.
- Is this why my great-uncle waded ashore at Gallipoli, and my father fought in the Middle East, and my uncle spent years as a POW?
- He dived into the water and waded towards his son.
- There were children building sandcastles and surfers wading out into the water carrying their surf boards under their arms.
- They waded out till the water was up to Sybil's waist.
- Pregnant turtles, too petrified by the commotion to wade ashore at night, are being forced to lay their eggs in the sea, where they cannot hatch.
- At the concert site young workers were wading through a field full of discarded cartons, cans, bottles and plastic glasses.
- His second shot again lands in the water, so Peter wades out and retrieves the ball.
- Most fishing is done from drift boats, because fluctuating water levels can make wading dangerous.
- An hour out we came across a swift stream and found a good spot to wade across the icy water.
- The first crew was able to warn another team of miners working behind them, who waded to safety in water up to their necks.
- It was as much a new world to me then as it was to those earliest Europeans who waded ashore nearly 500 years before me.
- It took him three hours to wade though waist-high water too deep to take his two children with him.
- It was lovely just sitting in the sunshine, watching other people wading about in the water.
- I set off downstream, walking, wading and scrambling, trying to stay upright on the algae-covered rocks.
- The pictures show a female gorilla grabbing a branch to gauge the depth of a pool of water before wading across it.
- He adds that locals know how busy the event can get, and the thought of wading through dense crowds can discourage people from attending.
- To Peter's astonishment a familiar figure was wading ashore, a red and white lifebelt about his waist.
- Like many gulls, the Mew Gull uses a variety of foraging techniques, obtaining food while walking, wading, swimming, or flying.
- Most of the water is ideal for wading and one could reach long distances but with care, as there were some sharp drops into deep holes in the center of the river.
Synonyms
paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, squelch, trudge, plod
informal splosh
ford, cross, traverse, walk across, make one's way across
1. 1.1with object Walk through (something filled with water)
  涉过，蹚过（有水处）
  I waded ditches instead of finding easier crossing places
  我蹚过几条水沟，而不是试图寻找更容易穿越的地方。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The rivers never have seen a dam, and the fish never have seen a hatchery, and the angler wading a remote gravel bar stands in the company of bears and eagles and wolves.
  The next morning, while wading a long stretch of the river, I begin to sink in sand.
  We wade the cold water, fishing for an hour in the driving rain.
  When wading the flats, you don't walk but shuffle your feet.
  Don't try wading the flats like the locals do on your first trip.
  Some people make sport of wading the Waddenzee at low tide wearing big rubber boots.
  Sometimes I would walk for days in the woods, checking snares, tracking deer, wading the river, just walking.
  Every day brought similar exciting fishing, some of the best when wading the shallows near the reef.
  He, of course, was wading the Tweed in February, without waders.
  The anglers waded the river from John Fallon Bridge down to the Silver Swan Hotel on Saturday, July 26.
  All the other competitors were paired up in boats, while I struggled against a howling head wind, wading the brackish water from the bank.
  We waded the first river barefoot, chilly but by no means unpleasant on such a warm day.
  If you're wading the flats, shuffle your feet - then if any rays are around they will pick up the vibrations and move away.
  It can seem on prime summer days that only a handful of Texas' half-million coastal anglers are not wading the bays or surf.
  It took me twenty minutes to wade the one hundred metres back to our hotel.
  It is possible to walk round the loch, but you might have to wade the river at its southern end to reach the track which will return you to the Lodge.
  He first got hooked on fish as a boy wading the streams of Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
  We will be wading some very big flats hunting big bones in very shallow water.
  In the evening, if you stand on the Roman bridge, you can watch men wading the torpid cressy river, carrying pans.
  I waded the chilly waters of the Avon just above the point known as Ath na Fiann.
2. 1.2wade through Read laboriously through (a long piece of writing)
  辛苦地读完（长篇作品）
  they could just click it up on screen rather than have to wade through some hefty document
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, I can resent having to wade through a piece only to come to the end and find nothing of value was said.
  Arriving at the office I fired up the computer and started wading through the 105 e-mails I'd received during my week off.
  Why spend the next four years of weekends memorising facts, cranking out essays, and wading through texts if all you want is to graduate?
  If, after wading through the details above, you still want go through with it, you will need someone to officiate.
  As a PhD student in politics and international relations I am wading through security related analysis every day.
  You don't have to wade through reams of reports or write them yourself.
  The actions have left Kiely's senior team wading through paperwork.
  This ought to be a simple enough question but wading through Railtrack's Financial Reports I am left none the wiser.
  You've been wading through these figures line by line for several years now.
  Businesses in the UK are reckoned to be losing up to £3.2bn a year wading through the junk.
  Catching up with stuff, wading through rather a lot of email, usual thing.
  Identifying a client's requirements and wading through individual properties on the market takes time and dedication.
  There are more than 1,500 scans of such documentation for you to wade through.
  I've been wading through less spam lately thanks to a tip I got.
  We are still wading through the piles of responses with reader feedback.
  It's a peculiar feeling, wading through hundreds of old photographs and loading them into photo galleries.
  She's just surfaced, blinking like a mole, after wading through 50,000 pages of fiction in her role as a Booker Prize judge.
  Who else would wade through every issue and still have the energy to read my column?
  Employers are busy people and wading through hundreds of CVs is a time-consuming process.
  We could imagine some clerks wading through rows and rows of files.
  Synonyms
  work one's way, plough, plod, trawl, proceed with difficulty, labour, toil away at, plug away at
  peruse, study
  browse, leaf, flick, skim, look, thumb
  informal slog
2informal no object, with adverbial Intervene in (something) or attack (someone) vigorously or forcefully.
〈非正式〉积极参与
Seb waded into the melee and started to beat off the boys
塞勃投入打斗并开始打退那些男孩。
Example sentencesExamples
- Eyewitnesses say they waded into the students and beat them.
- Then Sainsbury's and Tesco said they were wading into cheap telecoms, too.
- He wades into the melee, stocky arms thrust out to separate the protagonists.
- A man has been jailed for four months after wading into a fight to help a friend he mistakenly thought was being attacked.
- Consider the small number of governors who waded into controversy in the past year over their handling of state government.
- Sir Cyril also waded into the debate about the merits of state and private schools and university entrance.
- However, the aim of this article is not to bemoan irresponsible legislation, wade into a controversial issue or attack the ‘evils’ of our society.
- Morrissey has once again courted controversy by wading into the US presidential election battle.
- Lay down the law on all of this and you risk wading into a swamp of disputes about context and ownership.
- Sachin Tendulkar wades into critics of his new batting style.
Synonyms
attack, set upon, assault, launch oneself at, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, turn on, round on, lash out at, hit out at, fall on, jump on/at, lunge at, charge, rush, storm
informal lay into, light into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, beat up
British informal have a go at
get involved in, intervene in, get to work on, set to work on, tackle
1. 2.1wade in Make a vigorous attack or intervention.
  〈非正式〉猛烈攻击（或干涉）
  Nicola waded in and grabbed the baby
  尼古拉猛地冲过来夺走了婴儿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then, just when I thought that the issue was dead and buried, in wades the First Minister with a declaration about how he intends to improve Scotland's eating habits.
  A struggle took place which led to the driver getting out of the car and wading in.
  The reaction of others who heard this interview tends to confirm that listeners didn't need to have the interviewer wade in on their behalf.
  But the police waded in attacking people indiscriminately.
  This didn't prevent opposition MSPs from wading in with both feet.
  Hundreds of armed police rushed on to the pitch and waded in as fists flew among the players.
  The confusion develops focus then, security men wading in, jumping on a middle-aged man who is shouting something about medical negligence.
  The picture below left shows police wading in after trouble following the Liverpool match.
  That afternoon the Fed and the Treasury waded in, buying $600 million worth of dollars in exchange for marks and yen.
  The English teacher then wades in and informs me all first year teachers do it and she did it last year.
  Synonyms
  move in, set to, set to work, pitch in, buckle down, go to it, put one's shoulder to the wheel
  informal plunge in, dive in, get stuck in, get cracking

noun weɪdweɪd

An act of wading.
跋涉；涉水；艰难行走
Example sentencesExamples
- The cave is a respectable size but we didn't follow it far, since after 30m a wade degenerated into a full on swim.
- A short wade out to sea, the bottom plates, remnants of the ship's engines and boiler lie collapsed upon themselves.
- The Bone Cave experience begins with an icy wade across the Duck River and part of the mouth of Bashaw Creek.
- The three rivers can become impassable after rain, and trampers usually traverse west to east, so that the river wades are predictable at the time of departure.
- A wade along an October pond bank is a good way to water those roots.

Derivatives

wadeable

adjective

Most of the wadable flats are near the inlets where it is sandy.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mississippi streams do not offer the fly-fishing opportunities found in the West, but the state's wadeable streams provide good sport fishing of spotted and largemouth bass, longear sunfish and bluegill sunfish.
- The West Branch of the Delaware was wadeable at last check.
- Probably the best starting point is the footbridge at NN330909, although the Roy is wadeable in normal conditions at Brunachan, someway downstream.
- I stepped in and was delighted to find that the river was wadeable!

Origin

Old English wadan 'move onward', also 'penetrate', from a Germanic word meaning 'go (through)', from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere 'go'.

Rhymes

abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade

Definition of wade in US English:

wade

verbweɪdwād

[no object]

1Walk through water or another liquid or soft substance.
蹚水（或其他液体、软物质）艰难行走；涉，跋涉
we waded ashore
Example sentencesExamples
- We waded ashore knee-deep in water and then we were bundled into trucks.
- To Peter's astonishment a familiar figure was wading ashore, a red and white lifebelt about his waist.
- At the concert site young workers were wading through a field full of discarded cartons, cans, bottles and plastic glasses.
- There were children building sandcastles and surfers wading out into the water carrying their surf boards under their arms.
- His second shot again lands in the water, so Peter wades out and retrieves the ball.
- I set off downstream, walking, wading and scrambling, trying to stay upright on the algae-covered rocks.
- The pictures show a female gorilla grabbing a branch to gauge the depth of a pool of water before wading across it.
- It was lovely just sitting in the sunshine, watching other people wading about in the water.
- An hour out we came across a swift stream and found a good spot to wade across the icy water.
- It took him three hours to wade though waist-high water too deep to take his two children with him.
- It was as much a new world to me then as it was to those earliest Europeans who waded ashore nearly 500 years before me.
- Pregnant turtles, too petrified by the commotion to wade ashore at night, are being forced to lay their eggs in the sea, where they cannot hatch.
- Most fishing is done from drift boats, because fluctuating water levels can make wading dangerous.
- He dived into the water and waded towards his son.
- He adds that locals know how busy the event can get, and the thought of wading through dense crowds can discourage people from attending.
- Most of the water is ideal for wading and one could reach long distances but with care, as there were some sharp drops into deep holes in the center of the river.
- Like many gulls, the Mew Gull uses a variety of foraging techniques, obtaining food while walking, wading, swimming, or flying.
- They waded out till the water was up to Sybil's waist.
- Is this why my great-uncle waded ashore at Gallipoli, and my father fought in the Middle East, and my uncle spent years as a POW?
- The first crew was able to warn another team of miners working behind them, who waded to safety in water up to their necks.
Synonyms
paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, squelch, trudge, plod
ford, cross, traverse, walk across, make one's way across
1. 1.1with object Walk through (something filled with water)
  涉过，蹚过（有水处）
  firefighters waded the waist-deep flood water
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is possible to walk round the loch, but you might have to wade the river at its southern end to reach the track which will return you to the Lodge.
  It can seem on prime summer days that only a handful of Texas' half-million coastal anglers are not wading the bays or surf.
  When wading the flats, you don't walk but shuffle your feet.
  We will be wading some very big flats hunting big bones in very shallow water.
  All the other competitors were paired up in boats, while I struggled against a howling head wind, wading the brackish water from the bank.
  He, of course, was wading the Tweed in February, without waders.
  He first got hooked on fish as a boy wading the streams of Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
  In the evening, if you stand on the Roman bridge, you can watch men wading the torpid cressy river, carrying pans.
  I waded the chilly waters of the Avon just above the point known as Ath na Fiann.
  The anglers waded the river from John Fallon Bridge down to the Silver Swan Hotel on Saturday, July 26.
  Some people make sport of wading the Waddenzee at low tide wearing big rubber boots.
  Don't try wading the flats like the locals do on your first trip.
  Every day brought similar exciting fishing, some of the best when wading the shallows near the reef.
  The rivers never have seen a dam, and the fish never have seen a hatchery, and the angler wading a remote gravel bar stands in the company of bears and eagles and wolves.
  We waded the first river barefoot, chilly but by no means unpleasant on such a warm day.
  We wade the cold water, fishing for an hour in the driving rain.
  If you're wading the flats, shuffle your feet - then if any rays are around they will pick up the vibrations and move away.
  Sometimes I would walk for days in the woods, checking snares, tracking deer, wading the river, just walking.
  It took me twenty minutes to wade the one hundred metres back to our hotel.
  The next morning, while wading a long stretch of the river, I begin to sink in sand.
2. 1.2wade through Read laboriously through (a long piece of writing).
  辛苦地读完（长篇作品）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Identifying a client's requirements and wading through individual properties on the market takes time and dedication.
  Why spend the next four years of weekends memorising facts, cranking out essays, and wading through texts if all you want is to graduate?
  You don't have to wade through reams of reports or write them yourself.
  Arriving at the office I fired up the computer and started wading through the 105 e-mails I'd received during my week off.
  Businesses in the UK are reckoned to be losing up to £3.2bn a year wading through the junk.
  As a PhD student in politics and international relations I am wading through security related analysis every day.
  Catching up with stuff, wading through rather a lot of email, usual thing.
  You've been wading through these figures line by line for several years now.
  If, after wading through the details above, you still want go through with it, you will need someone to officiate.
  She's just surfaced, blinking like a mole, after wading through 50,000 pages of fiction in her role as a Booker Prize judge.
  I've been wading through less spam lately thanks to a tip I got.
  Who else would wade through every issue and still have the energy to read my column?
  It's a peculiar feeling, wading through hundreds of old photographs and loading them into photo galleries.
  We could imagine some clerks wading through rows and rows of files.
  However, I can resent having to wade through a piece only to come to the end and find nothing of value was said.
  This ought to be a simple enough question but wading through Railtrack's Financial Reports I am left none the wiser.
  Employers are busy people and wading through hundreds of CVs is a time-consuming process.
  The actions have left Kiely's senior team wading through paperwork.
  We are still wading through the piles of responses with reader feedback.
  There are more than 1,500 scans of such documentation for you to wade through.
  Synonyms
  work one's way, plough, plod, trawl, proceed with difficulty, labour, toil away at, plug away at
3. 1.3wade intoinformal Get involved in (something) vigorously or forcefully.
  〈非正式〉积极参与
  he waded into the yelling, fighting crowd
  Example sentencesExamples
  Eyewitnesses say they waded into the students and beat them.
  However, the aim of this article is not to bemoan irresponsible legislation, wade into a controversial issue or attack the ‘evils’ of our society.
  A man has been jailed for four months after wading into a fight to help a friend he mistakenly thought was being attacked.
  He wades into the melee, stocky arms thrust out to separate the protagonists.
  Morrissey has once again courted controversy by wading into the US presidential election battle.
  Sachin Tendulkar wades into critics of his new batting style.
  Lay down the law on all of this and you risk wading into a swamp of disputes about context and ownership.
  Then Sainsbury's and Tesco said they were wading into cheap telecoms, too.
  Sir Cyril also waded into the debate about the merits of state and private schools and university entrance.
  Consider the small number of governors who waded into controversy in the past year over their handling of state government.
  Synonyms
  attack, set upon, assault, launch oneself at, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, turn on, round on, lash out at, hit out at, fall on, jump at, jump on, lunge at, charge, rush, storm
  get involved in, intervene in, get to work on, set to work on, tackle
4. 1.4wade ininformal Make a vigorous attack or intervention.
  〈非正式〉猛烈攻击（或干涉）
  Nicola waded in and grabbed the baby
  尼古拉猛地冲过来夺走了婴儿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That afternoon the Fed and the Treasury waded in, buying $600 million worth of dollars in exchange for marks and yen.
  A struggle took place which led to the driver getting out of the car and wading in.
  Then, just when I thought that the issue was dead and buried, in wades the First Minister with a declaration about how he intends to improve Scotland's eating habits.
  The confusion develops focus then, security men wading in, jumping on a middle-aged man who is shouting something about medical negligence.
  The picture below left shows police wading in after trouble following the Liverpool match.
  But the police waded in attacking people indiscriminately.
  This didn't prevent opposition MSPs from wading in with both feet.
  The reaction of others who heard this interview tends to confirm that listeners didn't need to have the interviewer wade in on their behalf.
  Hundreds of armed police rushed on to the pitch and waded in as fists flew among the players.
  The English teacher then wades in and informs me all first year teachers do it and she did it last year.
  Synonyms
  move in, set to, set to work, pitch in, buckle down, go to it, put one's shoulder to the wheel

nounweɪdwād

An act of wading.
跋涉；涉水；艰难行走
Example sentencesExamples
- The cave is a respectable size but we didn't follow it far, since after 30m a wade degenerated into a full on swim.
- The Bone Cave experience begins with an icy wade across the Duck River and part of the mouth of Bashaw Creek.
- A wade along an October pond bank is a good way to water those roots.
- The three rivers can become impassable after rain, and trampers usually traverse west to east, so that the river wades are predictable at the time of departure.
- A short wade out to sea, the bottom plates, remnants of the ship's engines and boiler lie collapsed upon themselves.

Origin

Old English wadan ‘move onward’, also ‘penetrate’, from a Germanic word meaning ‘go (through)’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere ‘go’.

词汇	wade
释义	Definition of wade in English: wade verb weɪdweɪd 1no object, with adverbial Walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance. 蹚水（或其他液体、软物质）艰难行走；涉，跋涉 he waded out to the boat Example sentencesExamples We waded ashore knee-deep in water and then we were bundled into trucks. Is this why my great-uncle waded ashore at Gallipoli, and my father fought in the Middle East, and my uncle spent years as a POW? He dived into the water and waded towards his son. There were children building sandcastles and surfers wading out into the water carrying their surf boards under their arms. They waded out till the water was up to Sybil's waist. Pregnant turtles, too petrified by the commotion to wade ashore at night, are being forced to lay their eggs in the sea, where they cannot hatch. At the concert site young workers were wading through a field full of discarded cartons, cans, bottles and plastic glasses. His second shot again lands in the water, so Peter wades out and retrieves the ball. Most fishing is done from drift boats, because fluctuating water levels can make wading dangerous. An hour out we came across a swift stream and found a good spot to wade across the icy water. The first crew was able to warn another team of miners working behind them, who waded to safety in water up to their necks. It was as much a new world to me then as it was to those earliest Europeans who waded ashore nearly 500 years before me. It took him three hours to wade though waist-high water too deep to take his two children with him. It was lovely just sitting in the sunshine, watching other people wading about in the water. I set off downstream, walking, wading and scrambling, trying to stay upright on the algae-covered rocks. The pictures show a female gorilla grabbing a branch to gauge the depth of a pool of water before wading across it. He adds that locals know how busy the event can get, and the thought of wading through dense crowds can discourage people from attending. To Peter's astonishment a familiar figure was wading ashore, a red and white lifebelt about his waist. Like many gulls, the Mew Gull uses a variety of foraging techniques, obtaining food while walking, wading, swimming, or flying. Most of the water is ideal for wading and one could reach long distances but with care, as there were some sharp drops into deep holes in the center of the river. Synonyms paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, squelch, trudge, plod informal splosh ford, cross, traverse, walk across, make one's way across 1.1with object Walk through (something filled with water) 涉过，蹚过（有水处） I waded ditches instead of finding easier crossing places 我蹚过几条水沟，而不是试图寻找更容易穿越的地方。 Example sentencesExamples The rivers never have seen a dam, and the fish never have seen a hatchery, and the angler wading a remote gravel bar stands in the company of bears and eagles and wolves. The next morning, while wading a long stretch of the river, I begin to sink in sand. We wade the cold water, fishing for an hour in the driving rain. When wading the flats, you don't walk but shuffle your feet. Don't try wading the flats like the locals do on your first trip. Some people make sport of wading the Waddenzee at low tide wearing big rubber boots. Sometimes I would walk for days in the woods, checking snares, tracking deer, wading the river, just walking. Every day brought similar exciting fishing, some of the best when wading the shallows near the reef. He, of course, was wading the Tweed in February, without waders. The anglers waded the river from John Fallon Bridge down to the Silver Swan Hotel on Saturday, July 26. All the other competitors were paired up in boats, while I struggled against a howling head wind, wading the brackish water from the bank. We waded the first river barefoot, chilly but by no means unpleasant on such a warm day. If you're wading the flats, shuffle your feet - then if any rays are around they will pick up the vibrations and move away. It can seem on prime summer days that only a handful of Texas' half-million coastal anglers are not wading the bays or surf. It took me twenty minutes to wade the one hundred metres back to our hotel. It is possible to walk round the loch, but you might have to wade the river at its southern end to reach the track which will return you to the Lodge. He first got hooked on fish as a boy wading the streams of Washington's Olympic Peninsula. We will be wading some very big flats hunting big bones in very shallow water. In the evening, if you stand on the Roman bridge, you can watch men wading the torpid cressy river, carrying pans. I waded the chilly waters of the Avon just above the point known as Ath na Fiann. 1.2wade through Read laboriously through (a long piece of writing) 辛苦地读完（长篇作品） they could just click it up on screen rather than have to wade through some hefty document Example sentencesExamples However, I can resent having to wade through a piece only to come to the end and find nothing of value was said. Arriving at the office I fired up the computer and started wading through the 105 e-mails I'd received during my week off. Why spend the next four years of weekends memorising facts, cranking out essays, and wading through texts if all you want is to graduate? If, after wading through the details above, you still want go through with it, you will need someone to officiate. As a PhD student in politics and international relations I am wading through security related analysis every day. You don't have to wade through reams of reports or write them yourself. The actions have left Kiely's senior team wading through paperwork. This ought to be a simple enough question but wading through Railtrack's Financial Reports I am left none the wiser. You've been wading through these figures line by line for several years now. Businesses in the UK are reckoned to be losing up to £3.2bn a year wading through the junk. Catching up with stuff, wading through rather a lot of email, usual thing. Identifying a client's requirements and wading through individual properties on the market takes time and dedication. There are more than 1,500 scans of such documentation for you to wade through. I've been wading through less spam lately thanks to a tip I got. We are still wading through the piles of responses with reader feedback. It's a peculiar feeling, wading through hundreds of old photographs and loading them into photo galleries. She's just surfaced, blinking like a mole, after wading through 50,000 pages of fiction in her role as a Booker Prize judge. Who else would wade through every issue and still have the energy to read my column? Employers are busy people and wading through hundreds of CVs is a time-consuming process. We could imagine some clerks wading through rows and rows of files. Synonyms work one's way, plough, plod, trawl, proceed with difficulty, labour, toil away at, plug away at peruse, study browse, leaf, flick, skim, look, thumb informal slog 2informal no object, with adverbial Intervene in (something) or attack (someone) vigorously or forcefully. 〈非正式〉积极参与 Seb waded into the melee and started to beat off the boys 塞勃投入打斗并开始打退那些男孩。 Example sentencesExamples Eyewitnesses say they waded into the students and beat them. Then Sainsbury's and Tesco said they were wading into cheap telecoms, too. He wades into the melee, stocky arms thrust out to separate the protagonists. A man has been jailed for four months after wading into a fight to help a friend he mistakenly thought was being attacked. Consider the small number of governors who waded into controversy in the past year over their handling of state government. Sir Cyril also waded into the debate about the merits of state and private schools and university entrance. However, the aim of this article is not to bemoan irresponsible legislation, wade into a controversial issue or attack the ‘evils’ of our society. Morrissey has once again courted controversy by wading into the US presidential election battle. Lay down the law on all of this and you risk wading into a swamp of disputes about context and ownership. Sachin Tendulkar wades into critics of his new batting style. Synonyms attack, set upon, assault, launch oneself at, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, turn on, round on, lash out at, hit out at, fall on, jump on/at, lunge at, charge, rush, storm informal lay into, light into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, beat up British informal have a go at get involved in, intervene in, get to work on, set to work on, tackle 2.1wade in Make a vigorous attack or intervention. 〈非正式〉猛烈攻击（或干涉） Nicola waded in and grabbed the baby 尼古拉猛地冲过来夺走了婴儿。 Example sentencesExamples Then, just when I thought that the issue was dead and buried, in wades the First Minister with a declaration about how he intends to improve Scotland's eating habits. A struggle took place which led to the driver getting out of the car and wading in. The reaction of others who heard this interview tends to confirm that listeners didn't need to have the interviewer wade in on their behalf. But the police waded in attacking people indiscriminately. This didn't prevent opposition MSPs from wading in with both feet. Hundreds of armed police rushed on to the pitch and waded in as fists flew among the players. The confusion develops focus then, security men wading in, jumping on a middle-aged man who is shouting something about medical negligence. The picture below left shows police wading in after trouble following the Liverpool match. That afternoon the Fed and the Treasury waded in, buying $600 million worth of dollars in exchange for marks and yen. The English teacher then wades in and informs me all first year teachers do it and she did it last year. Synonyms move in, set to, set to work, pitch in, buckle down, go to it, put one's shoulder to the wheel informal plunge in, dive in, get stuck in, get cracking noun weɪdweɪd An act of wading. 跋涉；涉水；艰难行走 Example sentencesExamples The cave is a respectable size but we didn't follow it far, since after 30m a wade degenerated into a full on swim. A short wade out to sea, the bottom plates, remnants of the ship's engines and boiler lie collapsed upon themselves. The Bone Cave experience begins with an icy wade across the Duck River and part of the mouth of Bashaw Creek. The three rivers can become impassable after rain, and trampers usually traverse west to east, so that the river wades are predictable at the time of departure. A wade along an October pond bank is a good way to water those roots. Derivatives wadeable adjective Most of the wadable flats are near the inlets where it is sandy. Example sentencesExamples Mississippi streams do not offer the fly-fishing opportunities found in the West, but the state's wadeable streams provide good sport fishing of spotted and largemouth bass, longear sunfish and bluegill sunfish. The West Branch of the Delaware was wadeable at last check. Probably the best starting point is the footbridge at NN330909, although the Roy is wadeable in normal conditions at Brunachan, someway downstream. I stepped in and was delighted to find that the river was wadeable! Origin Old English wadan 'move onward', also 'penetrate', from a Germanic word meaning 'go (through)', from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere 'go'. Rhymes abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade Definition of wade in US English: wade verbweɪdwād [no object] 1Walk through water or another liquid or soft substance. 蹚水（或其他液体、软物质）艰难行走；涉，跋涉 we waded ashore Example sentencesExamples We waded ashore knee-deep in water and then we were bundled into trucks. To Peter's astonishment a familiar figure was wading ashore, a red and white lifebelt about his waist. At the concert site young workers were wading through a field full of discarded cartons, cans, bottles and plastic glasses. There were children building sandcastles and surfers wading out into the water carrying their surf boards under their arms. His second shot again lands in the water, so Peter wades out and retrieves the ball. I set off downstream, walking, wading and scrambling, trying to stay upright on the algae-covered rocks. The pictures show a female gorilla grabbing a branch to gauge the depth of a pool of water before wading across it. It was lovely just sitting in the sunshine, watching other people wading about in the water. An hour out we came across a swift stream and found a good spot to wade across the icy water. It took him three hours to wade though waist-high water too deep to take his two children with him. It was as much a new world to me then as it was to those earliest Europeans who waded ashore nearly 500 years before me. Pregnant turtles, too petrified by the commotion to wade ashore at night, are being forced to lay their eggs in the sea, where they cannot hatch. Most fishing is done from drift boats, because fluctuating water levels can make wading dangerous. He dived into the water and waded towards his son. He adds that locals know how busy the event can get, and the thought of wading through dense crowds can discourage people from attending. Most of the water is ideal for wading and one could reach long distances but with care, as there were some sharp drops into deep holes in the center of the river. Like many gulls, the Mew Gull uses a variety of foraging techniques, obtaining food while walking, wading, swimming, or flying. They waded out till the water was up to Sybil's waist. Is this why my great-uncle waded ashore at Gallipoli, and my father fought in the Middle East, and my uncle spent years as a POW? The first crew was able to warn another team of miners working behind them, who waded to safety in water up to their necks. Synonyms paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, squelch, trudge, plod ford, cross, traverse, walk across, make one's way across 1.1with object Walk through (something filled with water) 涉过，蹚过（有水处） firefighters waded the waist-deep flood water Example sentencesExamples It is possible to walk round the loch, but you might have to wade the river at its southern end to reach the track which will return you to the Lodge. It can seem on prime summer days that only a handful of Texas' half-million coastal anglers are not wading the bays or surf. When wading the flats, you don't walk but shuffle your feet. We will be wading some very big flats hunting big bones in very shallow water. All the other competitors were paired up in boats, while I struggled against a howling head wind, wading the brackish water from the bank. He, of course, was wading the Tweed in February, without waders. He first got hooked on fish as a boy wading the streams of Washington's Olympic Peninsula. In the evening, if you stand on the Roman bridge, you can watch men wading the torpid cressy river, carrying pans. I waded the chilly waters of the Avon just above the point known as Ath na Fiann. The anglers waded the river from John Fallon Bridge down to the Silver Swan Hotel on Saturday, July 26. Some people make sport of wading the Waddenzee at low tide wearing big rubber boots. Don't try wading the flats like the locals do on your first trip. Every day brought similar exciting fishing, some of the best when wading the shallows near the reef. The rivers never have seen a dam, and the fish never have seen a hatchery, and the angler wading a remote gravel bar stands in the company of bears and eagles and wolves. We waded the first river barefoot, chilly but by no means unpleasant on such a warm day. We wade the cold water, fishing for an hour in the driving rain. If you're wading the flats, shuffle your feet - then if any rays are around they will pick up the vibrations and move away. Sometimes I would walk for days in the woods, checking snares, tracking deer, wading the river, just walking. It took me twenty minutes to wade the one hundred metres back to our hotel. The next morning, while wading a long stretch of the river, I begin to sink in sand. 1.2wade through Read laboriously through (a long piece of writing). 辛苦地读完（长篇作品） Example sentencesExamples Identifying a client's requirements and wading through individual properties on the market takes time and dedication. Why spend the next four years of weekends memorising facts, cranking out essays, and wading through texts if all you want is to graduate? You don't have to wade through reams of reports or write them yourself. Arriving at the office I fired up the computer and started wading through the 105 e-mails I'd received during my week off. Businesses in the UK are reckoned to be losing up to £3.2bn a year wading through the junk. As a PhD student in politics and international relations I am wading through security related analysis every day. Catching up with stuff, wading through rather a lot of email, usual thing. You've been wading through these figures line by line for several years now. If, after wading through the details above, you still want go through with it, you will need someone to officiate. She's just surfaced, blinking like a mole, after wading through 50,000 pages of fiction in her role as a Booker Prize judge. I've been wading through less spam lately thanks to a tip I got. Who else would wade through every issue and still have the energy to read my column? It's a peculiar feeling, wading through hundreds of old photographs and loading them into photo galleries. We could imagine some clerks wading through rows and rows of files. However, I can resent having to wade through a piece only to come to the end and find nothing of value was said. This ought to be a simple enough question but wading through Railtrack's Financial Reports I am left none the wiser. Employers are busy people and wading through hundreds of CVs is a time-consuming process. The actions have left Kiely's senior team wading through paperwork. We are still wading through the piles of responses with reader feedback. There are more than 1,500 scans of such documentation for you to wade through. Synonyms work one's way, plough, plod, trawl, proceed with difficulty, labour, toil away at, plug away at 1.3wade intoinformal Get involved in (something) vigorously or forcefully. 〈非正式〉积极参与 he waded into the yelling, fighting crowd Example sentencesExamples Eyewitnesses say they waded into the students and beat them. However, the aim of this article is not to bemoan irresponsible legislation, wade into a controversial issue or attack the ‘evils’ of our society. A man has been jailed for four months after wading into a fight to help a friend he mistakenly thought was being attacked. He wades into the melee, stocky arms thrust out to separate the protagonists. Morrissey has once again courted controversy by wading into the US presidential election battle. Sachin Tendulkar wades into critics of his new batting style. Lay down the law on all of this and you risk wading into a swamp of disputes about context and ownership. Then Sainsbury's and Tesco said they were wading into cheap telecoms, too. Sir Cyril also waded into the debate about the merits of state and private schools and university entrance. Consider the small number of governors who waded into controversy in the past year over their handling of state government. Synonyms attack, set upon, assault, launch oneself at, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, turn on, round on, lash out at, hit out at, fall on, jump at, jump on, lunge at, charge, rush, storm get involved in, intervene in, get to work on, set to work on, tackle 1.4wade ininformal Make a vigorous attack or intervention. 〈非正式〉猛烈攻击（或干涉） Nicola waded in and grabbed the baby 尼古拉猛地冲过来夺走了婴儿。 Example sentencesExamples That afternoon the Fed and the Treasury waded in, buying $600 million worth of dollars in exchange for marks and yen. A struggle took place which led to the driver getting out of the car and wading in. Then, just when I thought that the issue was dead and buried, in wades the First Minister with a declaration about how he intends to improve Scotland's eating habits. The confusion develops focus then, security men wading in, jumping on a middle-aged man who is shouting something about medical negligence. The picture below left shows police wading in after trouble following the Liverpool match. But the police waded in attacking people indiscriminately. This didn't prevent opposition MSPs from wading in with both feet. The reaction of others who heard this interview tends to confirm that listeners didn't need to have the interviewer wade in on their behalf. Hundreds of armed police rushed on to the pitch and waded in as fists flew among the players. The English teacher then wades in and informs me all first year teachers do it and she did it last year. Synonyms move in, set to, set to work, pitch in, buckle down, go to it, put one's shoulder to the wheel nounweɪdwād An act of wading. 跋涉；涉水；艰难行走 Example sentencesExamples The cave is a respectable size but we didn't follow it far, since after 30m a wade degenerated into a full on swim. The Bone Cave experience begins with an icy wade across the Duck River and part of the mouth of Bashaw Creek. A wade along an October pond bank is a good way to water those roots. The three rivers can become impassable after rain, and trampers usually traverse west to east, so that the river wades are predictable at the time of departure. A short wade out to sea, the bottom plates, remnants of the ship's engines and boiler lie collapsed upon themselves. Origin Old English wadan ‘move onward’, also ‘penetrate’, from a Germanic word meaning ‘go (through)’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vadere ‘go’.
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