Definition of tread in English:

tread

verbtrod, trodden trɛdtrɛd

1no object, with adverbial Walk in a specified way.
走，行走
Rosa trod as lightly as she could
figurative the government had to tread carefully so as not to offend the judiciary
〈喻〉政府不得不谨慎行事，以免得罪司法部门。
Example sentencesExamples
- Until then, the lesser nations have to tread warily and negotiate with wisdom.
- But private investors should still tread carefully.
- My bare feet tread lightly on the dirt floor, sweat already beginning to bead on my brow.
- I have to tread carefully, because certain persons who might claim to have been there too are liable to be up in arms the moment I stray more than an inch from the truth.
- It's also clear to see how Amanda's brief motocross career prepared her for making strides in sports where women have to tread carefully so not to step on macho male toes.
- Participants are instructed in the ‘correct’ ways to engage with people of other cultural groups and how to tread carefully around their different values.
- When there is no sound coming from Mayo it is time to tread warily.
- In the face of these foreboding signs of very troubled times, it is difficult to imagine why governments in the Caribbean, and more so ours, are rushing in where fools tread carefully.
- But in a case like this, they have an obligation to tread with the utmost care.
- With energetic Mars and changeable Uranus in your home sector all month, tread carefully when dealing with housemates.
- So, our extra-terrestrial analyst might warn that it should tread carefully when attempting to ease the burden on those with substantial childcare costs.
- New works need to tread carefully to avoid the homeless genre clichés of yore, or fall into the agit-prop trap of substituting earnestness for drama.
- Also, stomping all over the place in your street shoes where others tread barefoot is a health hazard.
- Kick off your shoes, tread lightly across the shagpile, snap open a Babycham, ease back in your Parker Knoll recliner and smooch your way through this little lot like the silky smooth operator you know you can be.
- Moreover, there was also a concern in 1988 to tread carefully with interest rate rises for fear of triggering a re-run of the October 1987 stock market plunge.
- You tread carefully, avoiding the tiger-skin carpet.
- She followed behind him, treading lightly on the ground.
- And so she did, treading gingerly into the deep carpet at first.
- She also advised them to tread carefully ‘for you can offend people if you don't do things the right way.’
- "I really don't know, sir, " Ryan replied slowly, treading cautiously on this ground.
Synonyms
walk, step, stride, pace, go
march, tramp, plod, stomp, trudge
1. 1.1tread onBritish Set one's foot down on top of.
  （脚）踩，踏
  the youth stumbled and trod on Harry's shoe
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dotted throughout the landscape are land mines, buried for unwary feet to tread on.
  I tread on his foot to get him going, so we're on our way out, and another ten per cent comes off.
  Terry fell and trod on my feet so I got room to shoot.
  He sidled round and trod on someone else's foot.
  I trod on broken glass and after they had gone I followed them through the window to see which way they had gone.
  But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
  I'd accidentally trod on her foot in my haste to get inside.
  I could say it's because I must inflict terrible things on you because you trod on a snail in your past life, said snail being an incarnation of god on Earth, and I am an agent of the cosmic balance.
  But it's very difficult on Carnac Island to move more than three feet without treading on a seagull chick.
  As he recovered himself, he trod on his companion's foot.
  To the eye of ordinary vigilance, the bundle is abandoned waste, which may be kicked or trod on with impunity.
  When I woke up at seven I felt I'd just trod on a rake.
  The soldiers, treading on Rowdon's bare feet, forced him from the inn and into the frozen night.
  When they finished they stayed where they were, contorted into some sort of acceptable form of non-physical contact with those around them, and slept as best they could on aged colored carpet trod on by millions before them.
  It made me feel most perturbed: this is London after all, and any contact with fellow passengers on public transport should be restricted to a muttered ‘sorry’ as you have your toes trod on or your bag sat upon.
  Without noticing the cold tiles beneath my feet, I accidentally trod on one of the drops.
  All bullies are victims, they all tread on others to make themselves feel safer, and once Alex seemed impermeable she was the must-have friend and defender.
  In fact, Ronaldo was pushed backwards and trod on my foot.
  Her foot was swollen after she trod on a rusty nail and she said she needed a tetanus shot.
  Nowadays it would seem to be treading on dangerous ground, especially for an innocent victim.
2. 1.2with object Walk on or along.
  沿着…走
  shoppers will soon be treading the floors of the new shopping mall
  顾客马上就要走进新商场了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But I hope to show they embody beauty because of the way they have spent their days walking paths trodden by their grandparents.
  For three years or so the squares lay open, and their sacred turf was trodden by the feet of working-class children, a sight to make dividend-drawers gnash their false teeth.
  When we trod this land, we walk for one reason… to try to help another man think for himself.
  Hedges effectively treads the tightrope between comedy and drama without veering too far in either direction.
  It's been months since I was able to walk in rough country, haven't trod the farm paths over to Washford or across to the cliffs this year at all.
  I carefully tread the hundred or so feet of concrete out into the water, and sit down at the end.
  A solitary figure walks slowly, treading the edge where grass meets dust.
  In this regard, the resolution of the parliamentary faction treads a veritable tightrope.
  With a heavy heart and heavier feet I trod the path to my mother's gates, and called out to the guards.
  You have to forge along, carefully treading a new way, trusting that your sense of direction has you going toward the right destination.
  You're right, though, I am treading a rather thin line here.
  During Lent, Christians reflect on the life of a bloke who trod the Earth as a humble carpenter and who surrounded himself with other average blokes, fishermen and the like.
  Treading this fine line will be a difficult challenge in the months ahead.
  Mainstream commercial radio has learned to walk that plank, treading a fine line between camaraderie and controversy.
  A ministry spokesman said: ‘We have trodden a careful line with the message over foot and mouth and tourism.’
  This left him treading a narrow path along which private control and economic incentives might be preserved and yet society could obtain its full due by the complete expropriation of Ricardian rent.
  He had chosen the candidate, trod the turf, pressed the flesh and personalised events wherever possible.
  They are also aware, however, of those whose feet have trod the path before, of other historians' accounts and arguments.
  The reason that this case is a sad waste of an opportunity to examine the thin line between public accountability and privacy trodden by the press is that it's not a real fight.
  Their art treads a perilous tightrope and I think they've just fallen off.
3. 1.3with object and adverbial Press down or crush with the feet.
  food had been trodden into the carpet
  食物和烟头已被踏进地毯里去了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are some traditional vineyards where grapes are still trodden by foot.
  Hither came Conan to tread the jeweled thrones of earth under his sandaled feet.
  One other member was overheard saying, ‘The people who trod these grapes hadn't washed their feet.’
  How can there be any new ideas in this world if we forever take the paths trodden into mush?
  Crops are being mysteriously trodden down by unknown forces.
  As soon as they have thawed in the morning they are trodden with bare feet so that the skin remains intact but the fluid resulting from cell rupture is extruded.
  At some quintas, grapes are still trodden by foot in shallow stone troughs.
  Crushing was traditionally done by foot, by treading grapes thinly spread on a crushing floor slanted towards a drain and bounded by low walls to prevent the loss of juice.
  He didn't give the mess a second glance, and wandered off, treading crushed peanuts underfoot.
  After harvesting the crop, the plants were trodden beneath the feet of horses, cattle or (as described in Deuteronomy) oxen to remove the grain from the ear.
  "My grapes have been trodden with great care, " he said in broken English.
  They were trodden down by churchmen and nobility alike.
  Synonyms
  crush, flatten, press down, squash
  trample on, tramp on, step on, stamp on, stomp on

noun trɛdtrɛd

1in singular A person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk.
I heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots
我听到父亲靴子的沉重踩踏声。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no noise, until one hears the soft, heavy tread of a large woman, walking slowly to the chair, and with great care lowering herself onto the chair.
- The distant tread of booted feet sounded above me and I smiled.
- Plush but tidy brown hush puppies softened the girl's tread, and she walked with a slight shuffle, back hunched a bit, as if she were trying to hide from the world.
- Then there was one brief wild rush, the ground shaking under the tread of cattle and horses.
- The sound of the manservant's heavy tread dragged him out of his thoughts.
- Eventually I hear distant voices which grow louder and louder and then the opening of the door before the heavy tread of footsteps along the landing to my room.
- He listened to his heavy tread as he walked down the wharf.
- Finally, she heard the soft tread of two pairs of feet.
- He began to pace slightly, his familiar heavy tread thudding in my ears as if he were marching in my head, crushing with his boots my own thoughts and dreams.
- And almost as if waiting off stage to be called, they heard her footsteps - the light tread of women's shoes - moving toward them.
- We could almost hear the cadenced tread of feet.
- She quickly recognized the heavy tread of her father and straightened her spine in response.
- He was paralyzed by the agony, unable to move even as he felt the heavy tread of General Powell's feet as he came to stand above him.
- A moment later the front door opened and Ben heard the heavy tread of Hoss's boots against the porch boards.
- And I'm starting to hear the steady tread of a group of footsteps, heavy and full of impending danger.
- She exclaimed happily in greeting as she heard the light tread of his boots on the kitchen tile.
- They shared the ensuing silence amicably, until the heavy tread of boot-clad feet rumbled on the narrow wooden porch of the inn's street frontage.
- Then she heard the soft tread of paws running towards the encampment full speed.
- As he continued, now hoping that someone would notice him and offer assistance, he thought he heard the sound of a familiar tread.
- The streets were so very quiet that the steady tread of my hobnailed boots muffled by the ground frost sounded unnatural.
Synonyms
step, footstep, footfall, tramp
2The top surface of a step or stair.
（楼梯、台阶的）踏步板，梯面
Example sentencesExamples
- Designers often use glass tiles as decorative accents in backsplashes, showers, pool borders, floors, and even on the risers between stair treads.
- So in the above example, a stairway with four risers will have three treads.
- The distance between vertical members on the stairs is the same as for a deck, and a 6-inch maximum from the bottom rail to the tread is usually required.
- A common design for stair treads provides a groove in the under surface, placed somewhat back from the rounded forward edge.
- The rise should be no more than 7 1/2 inches and the width of a tread at least 10 inches.
- The thesis was on the behaviour of very thin reinforced concrete planks used as stair treads in steel stairs, such as I had designed for the fire stair in the Menzies Hotel in Sydney in 1984.
- Cut through the middle of any damaged stair treads to remove it.
- The stringer connects the level of the deck to the grade, for the installation of stair risers and treads.
- The step from the ground to the first tread will then be the same height as the other steps after the treads are attached to the stringers.
- In all the houses, suspended straight-flight stairs have treads and risers made of continuous sheets of folded steel with flat steel stringers.
- Along the hard side, exposed stairs with ash treads, risers and handrails climb to galleries which are connected to similar ones behind the timber screen on the soft side.
- He tore up the stairs without touching a single tread, flung open the door of his room, tore open the window in its turn and flung from it a piece of Moroccan red about half the size of a toffee.
- Above, warm cedar covers the mezzanine and forms stair treads.
- There was no roof, while anything of value inside had long gone, from the original floor slabs and fireplaces to the lintels and stair treads.
- How the stairs were attached, the width of the treads, and how high each step was became less of a secret to me.
- The same rubber, but in gray, covers the stair treads.
- The stair railings, treads, and risers are also controlled by code.
- The remainder of the aluminum was utilized in furniture, equipment, ventilation ducts, ladders, stair treads, and railings.
- I had a similar problem with my cat when I was revarnishing my stair treads.
- Following rough construction of the stairs, you will be covering the treads and risers with the finish material, as well as constructing a railing system.
3The thick moulded part of a vehicle tyre that grips the road.
车胎胎面，踏面
Example sentencesExamples
- Remember, most punctures are caused by something sticking to the tread and working through during numerous wheel revolutions.
- It is a non-pneumatic wheel, made up of a rubber tread bonded to the hub through flexible spokes.
- There are suggestions of design problems, involving the way in which the treads are bonded with the rest of the tire.
- They are still vulnerable to aquaplaning because of their shallower tread depth, but on a plain wet road without big puddles, their grip is now no worse than a normal road tyre whose tread has been worn to a similar depth.
- Everyone surrounded the craft and got a good look at it; it was a 15 foot-long van with treads surrounding its six wheels.
- A pallet of new wheels for the table have been turned and await assembly; they're regular car wheels, but have been re-profiled with flat treads.
- One is idle, because the terrain is so difficult that its looped tread has actually come off its wheels.
- The tire tread touches the ground the least amount in this vertical position.
- The new (nearly new) car wouldn't take the snow chains and I wished, for the first time in years, for a 4x4 and vowed to get a pair of old wheels with knobbly treads.
- The surface was like a thick clay which clogged up the tyre treads, turning them into slicks.
- Both of the treads and several wheels couldn't take the sudden acceleration, tearing away noisily and flying off on their own short trajectories.
- SBS rubber is a common component of tire treads and rubber-soled shoes.
- One method involves taking an imprint of the contact between the tread and the track.
- Also make sure that your tyres have proper treads and are not as finished as the body of a snake.
- Instead of wheels the vehicle had light tank style treads designed uniquely for the RK with four wheels mounted above the ground line.
- There is grip only where asphalt and tread come in contact, with no water between them.
- An examination showed the left main wheel had shed its tread and deflated.
- One way Stevens described is to make the entire manned base a rover: putting it on wheels or treads and moving it robotically from one site to another between visits by human crews.
- He and his wife go out to change the tire, and George is surprised to find a high-heeled shoe lodged in the treads.
- Its ultra-fine ‘sipes’ (grooves in the treads of tyres to improve grip) resemble honeycombs.
1. 3.1 The part of a wheel that touches the ground or a rail.
  （与地面、钢轨接触的）车轮踏面
  Example sentencesExamples
  The treads give added mobility over predecessors with conventional wheels, allowing it to travel over thick carpet.
2. 3.2 The upper surface of a railway track, in contact with the wheels.
  （钢轨与车轮接触的）钢轨踏面
3. 3.3 The part of the sole of a shoe that rests on the ground.
  鞋底
  Example sentencesExamples
  And despite his protégés, Snyder probably remains the poet who's ground away the most sole tread hiking through wilderness.
  Ditch your old pair when the tread or heel wear out, and invest in shoes that offer the best support.
  I have a pair that I've been wearing for eight years - the soles are somewhat worn down but they have at least another couple of years to go before the tread disappears.
  They were old and had no tread, but she knew if she went back inside to change them she wouldn't go back out.
  If your old hiking shoes no longer provide support or have lost their tread, it's time to give them the boot.
  It is fairly close to a road shoe in terms of build and design but with some key differences, like its extra-firm heel, quick-dry outsoles and high-traction treads.
  If you find the perfect pump, but the ball does not have a finish to it, go to a cobbler and get rubber treads put down.
  I tapped the treads of his sneakers with my foot.
  She thwacked a lonesome pebble into the until now deathly still waters of the picturesque campus lake with a black platform trainer which could have had a brick wedged between sole and tread but at least made her an inch taller.
  Thanks… the tread is relatively smooth, so it's nothing caught there.
  Don't worry - they look exactly the same, with their chain-link tread, ribbed rubber bootie, and sumptuous leather cuffs.
  At least one of us will step in a pile of dog dirt which will have to be laboriously extracted from the shoe treads with a stick once we get home.

Phrases

tread water

1Maintain an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion.
踩水
they were at the deep end of the pool and trod water to keep afloat
Example sentencesExamples
- As part of his basic training Kevin had to swim 200 metres and tread water for two minutes.
- As Trey notes, to be certified for diving you have to swim two hundred yards and tread water for ten minutes.
- I tried to catch my breath, maniacally treading water like a child learning how to swim.
- We were treading water in a large water basin in a generator room.
- He said the fisherman had probably damaged his arms and legs badly as he had been unable to swim or tread water and described him as being ‘a minute away from death’.
- She emerged from her dive and started treading water as she turned herself around to look at the room.
- Her head popped up from under the water and she laughed, treading water as he walked through the waves out to her.
- The skipper treads water as a Navy diver waits for a line to be thrown from the Oryx helicopter.
- But I began to tire, and I realised that if I rested and trod water, I would undo all the progress I had made.
- He had been swimming and had started treading water when he started getting into difficulties.
1. 1.1Fail to make progress.
  〈喻〉原地踏步；无进展
  men who are treading water in their careers
  事业停滞的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Brando trod water a lot, so I might go for Mitchum.
  With a 10th win in 11 league games assured, the Old Trafford aristocrats trod water slightly after the interval.
  So when you see the elites floating away in their yachts while you're barely treading water, before you get angry, take a moment to feel their pain.
  He treads water for a few more minutes and sputters out a handful of other fun winter facts.
  The real problem is that the rhetoric currently focused on the band either treads water too obviously or overreaches in apparent hipness.
  His tendency to fall into the same sing-songy patterns and rhythms is disappointing, and his meditations on overdone subjects, like his musings on church, for example, sound like he's treading water.
  The plot treads water and most of the gags are so achingly obvious, you'll be hard pushed to even smile.
  So what could have been a quirky sleeper hit like There's Something About Mary, basically treads water for 90 minutes, then sinks.
  As Maloney treads water, others are catching up.
  We are treading water but have increased recruits by a very small percentage.

Derivatives

treader

noun

Hoping that this sets a new trend, we are looking forward to more board treaders being caught unaware on canvas in the following months.
Example sentencesExamples
- Is there really anything faster than a cloud treader?
- The general smartness is attributable largely to the director, a canny treader of fine lines.
- It would be unfair to select any one of the cast for special mention as from the youngest to the oldest treader of the boards, they all played their part.
- According to eager treaders, it is a sensual treat.

Origin

Old English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten.

trade from Late Middle English:
Trade came from German and is related to tread (Old English). It originally meant ‘a track or way’, and then ‘a way of life’, and ‘a skilled handicraft’—the ‘buying and selling’ sense dates from the 16th century. A trade wind has nothing to do with commerce. The term arose in the mid 17th century from blow trade ‘to blow steadily in the same direction’, or along the same course or track. Sailors thought that many winds blew in this way, but as navigation technology improved they realized that there are only two belts of trade winds proper, blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and from the southeast in the southern hemisphere.

Rhymes

abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, underbred, underfed, wed

Definition of tread in US English:

tread

verbtredtrɛd

1no object, with adverbial Walk in a specified way.
走，行走
figurative the administration had to tread carefully so as not to offend the judiciary
〈喻〉政府不得不谨慎行事，以免得罪司法部门。
he trod lightly, trying to make as little contact with the mud as possible
他轻快地向前走，尽可能避免踩到泥浆。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the face of these foreboding signs of very troubled times, it is difficult to imagine why governments in the Caribbean, and more so ours, are rushing in where fools tread carefully.
- Kick off your shoes, tread lightly across the shagpile, snap open a Babycham, ease back in your Parker Knoll recliner and smooch your way through this little lot like the silky smooth operator you know you can be.
- My bare feet tread lightly on the dirt floor, sweat already beginning to bead on my brow.
- With energetic Mars and changeable Uranus in your home sector all month, tread carefully when dealing with housemates.
- Also, stomping all over the place in your street shoes where others tread barefoot is a health hazard.
- Until then, the lesser nations have to tread warily and negotiate with wisdom.
- Moreover, there was also a concern in 1988 to tread carefully with interest rate rises for fear of triggering a re-run of the October 1987 stock market plunge.
- She followed behind him, treading lightly on the ground.
- You tread carefully, avoiding the tiger-skin carpet.
- Participants are instructed in the ‘correct’ ways to engage with people of other cultural groups and how to tread carefully around their different values.
- It's also clear to see how Amanda's brief motocross career prepared her for making strides in sports where women have to tread carefully so not to step on macho male toes.
- New works need to tread carefully to avoid the homeless genre clichés of yore, or fall into the agit-prop trap of substituting earnestness for drama.
- And so she did, treading gingerly into the deep carpet at first.
- I have to tread carefully, because certain persons who might claim to have been there too are liable to be up in arms the moment I stray more than an inch from the truth.
- "I really don't know, sir, " Ryan replied slowly, treading cautiously on this ground.
- But private investors should still tread carefully.
- But in a case like this, they have an obligation to tread with the utmost care.
- When there is no sound coming from Mayo it is time to tread warily.
- So, our extra-terrestrial analyst might warn that it should tread carefully when attempting to ease the burden on those with substantial childcare costs.
- She also advised them to tread carefully ‘for you can offend people if you don't do things the right way.’
Synonyms
walk, step, stride, pace, go
1. 1.1tread onBritish Set one's foot down on top of.
  （脚）踩，踏
  Example sentencesExamples
  To the eye of ordinary vigilance, the bundle is abandoned waste, which may be kicked or trod on with impunity.
  It made me feel most perturbed: this is London after all, and any contact with fellow passengers on public transport should be restricted to a muttered ‘sorry’ as you have your toes trod on or your bag sat upon.
  But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
  When I woke up at seven I felt I'd just trod on a rake.
  Nowadays it would seem to be treading on dangerous ground, especially for an innocent victim.
  When they finished they stayed where they were, contorted into some sort of acceptable form of non-physical contact with those around them, and slept as best they could on aged colored carpet trod on by millions before them.
  He sidled round and trod on someone else's foot.
  I'd accidentally trod on her foot in my haste to get inside.
  But it's very difficult on Carnac Island to move more than three feet without treading on a seagull chick.
  I trod on broken glass and after they had gone I followed them through the window to see which way they had gone.
  I could say it's because I must inflict terrible things on you because you trod on a snail in your past life, said snail being an incarnation of god on Earth, and I am an agent of the cosmic balance.
  Terry fell and trod on my feet so I got room to shoot.
  I tread on his foot to get him going, so we're on our way out, and another ten per cent comes off.
  Her foot was swollen after she trod on a rusty nail and she said she needed a tetanus shot.
  Without noticing the cold tiles beneath my feet, I accidentally trod on one of the drops.
  In fact, Ronaldo was pushed backwards and trod on my foot.
  As he recovered himself, he trod on his companion's foot.
  Dotted throughout the landscape are land mines, buried for unwary feet to tread on.
  The soldiers, treading on Rowdon's bare feet, forced him from the inn and into the frozen night.
  All bullies are victims, they all tread on others to make themselves feel safer, and once Alex seemed impermeable she was the must-have friend and defender.
2. 1.2with object Walk on or along.
  沿着…走
  shoppers will soon be treading the floors of the new shopping mall
  顾客马上就要走进新商场了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hedges effectively treads the tightrope between comedy and drama without veering too far in either direction.
  I carefully tread the hundred or so feet of concrete out into the water, and sit down at the end.
  The reason that this case is a sad waste of an opportunity to examine the thin line between public accountability and privacy trodden by the press is that it's not a real fight.
  It's been months since I was able to walk in rough country, haven't trod the farm paths over to Washford or across to the cliffs this year at all.
  With a heavy heart and heavier feet I trod the path to my mother's gates, and called out to the guards.
  But I hope to show they embody beauty because of the way they have spent their days walking paths trodden by their grandparents.
  For three years or so the squares lay open, and their sacred turf was trodden by the feet of working-class children, a sight to make dividend-drawers gnash their false teeth.
  You're right, though, I am treading a rather thin line here.
  A ministry spokesman said: ‘We have trodden a careful line with the message over foot and mouth and tourism.’
  In this regard, the resolution of the parliamentary faction treads a veritable tightrope.
  A solitary figure walks slowly, treading the edge where grass meets dust.
  They are also aware, however, of those whose feet have trod the path before, of other historians' accounts and arguments.
  During Lent, Christians reflect on the life of a bloke who trod the Earth as a humble carpenter and who surrounded himself with other average blokes, fishermen and the like.
  Mainstream commercial radio has learned to walk that plank, treading a fine line between camaraderie and controversy.
  Treading this fine line will be a difficult challenge in the months ahead.
  You have to forge along, carefully treading a new way, trusting that your sense of direction has you going toward the right destination.
  This left him treading a narrow path along which private control and economic incentives might be preserved and yet society could obtain its full due by the complete expropriation of Ricardian rent.
  When we trod this land, we walk for one reason… to try to help another man think for himself.
  He had chosen the candidate, trod the turf, pressed the flesh and personalised events wherever possible.
  Their art treads a perilous tightrope and I think they've just fallen off.
3. 1.3with object Press down into the ground or another surface with the feet.
  踏进（地面等）
  food and cigarette butts had been trodden into the carpet
  食物和烟头已被踏进地毯里去了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It saved hay, both because of the admixture of straw and because the waste from hay being dropped and trodden into the litter was avoided.
  Noz's flat was soothingly casual - clothes, dishes and mugs everywhere and Parmesan cheese trodden into the carpet.
  And if you're worried about food being trodden into the carpet, why not try an ‘indoors picnic’ where a tablecloth is laid on the floor and the children sit on it.
  A look along the pavements in the streets of most of our town centres reveals unsightly patches where chewing gum has been dropped and trodden into the ground.
  If we care so much about our town's image, how come there is chewing gum trodden into the costly paving in Victoria Square and all sorts of cans, cartons and stray rubbish littering our streets?
  Perhaps, one day, one wet season, nine millennia ago, a piece of cut cane fell from a platform and was trodden into the mud by somebody hurrying to outrun the rain as it roared up the hill, stripping leaves from the trees as it came.
  Leaves were being trodden into the ground, making it slushy and wet.
  I thought about warning his parents - I hated to think of that gum being trodden into their own carpets when they got home - but I had decided not to interfere once and it would be hypocritical for me to do so now.
  There's no telling with the dratted things but they cling to life with a tenacity not unlike chewing gum trodden into carpet pile and it's more likely that it'll spring into life somewhere around the end of April, beginning of May.
  Sixteen dead fish were trodden into the floor along with the contents of the sand tray.
  Because Christian monuments were of little concern to early archaeologists, objects were trodden into the earth, covered by sandstorms, or used for garden decorations.
  The burnt match and calendar ashes lay forgotten on the carpet being trodden in by running feet as she skids through the house to answer the angrily buzzing telephone.
4. 1.4with object and adverbial Crush or flatten something with the feet.
  用脚踩碎，踏平
  the snow had been trodden down by the horses
  雪已被马给踏平了。
  she stood on the floor of trodden earth
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hither came Conan to tread the jeweled thrones of earth under his sandaled feet.
  At some quintas, grapes are still trodden by foot in shallow stone troughs.
  They were trodden down by churchmen and nobility alike.
  There are some traditional vineyards where grapes are still trodden by foot.
  As soon as they have thawed in the morning they are trodden with bare feet so that the skin remains intact but the fluid resulting from cell rupture is extruded.
  Crops are being mysteriously trodden down by unknown forces.
  "My grapes have been trodden with great care, " he said in broken English.
  After harvesting the crop, the plants were trodden beneath the feet of horses, cattle or (as described in Deuteronomy) oxen to remove the grain from the ear.
  How can there be any new ideas in this world if we forever take the paths trodden into mush?
  Crushing was traditionally done by foot, by treading grapes thinly spread on a crushing floor slanted towards a drain and bounded by low walls to prevent the loss of juice.
  He didn't give the mess a second glance, and wandered off, treading crushed peanuts underfoot.
  One other member was overheard saying, ‘The people who trod these grapes hadn't washed their feet.’
  Synonyms
  crush, flatten, press down, squash

nountredtrɛd

1in singular A manner or the sound of someone walking.
步法，步态；脚步声
I heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots
我听到父亲靴子的沉重踩踏声。
Example sentencesExamples
- He began to pace slightly, his familiar heavy tread thudding in my ears as if he were marching in my head, crushing with his boots my own thoughts and dreams.
- As he continued, now hoping that someone would notice him and offer assistance, he thought he heard the sound of a familiar tread.
- Eventually I hear distant voices which grow louder and louder and then the opening of the door before the heavy tread of footsteps along the landing to my room.
- There is no noise, until one hears the soft, heavy tread of a large woman, walking slowly to the chair, and with great care lowering herself onto the chair.
- Plush but tidy brown hush puppies softened the girl's tread, and she walked with a slight shuffle, back hunched a bit, as if she were trying to hide from the world.
- The sound of the manservant's heavy tread dragged him out of his thoughts.
- He was paralyzed by the agony, unable to move even as he felt the heavy tread of General Powell's feet as he came to stand above him.
- The streets were so very quiet that the steady tread of my hobnailed boots muffled by the ground frost sounded unnatural.
- Finally, she heard the soft tread of two pairs of feet.
- A moment later the front door opened and Ben heard the heavy tread of Hoss's boots against the porch boards.
- Then she heard the soft tread of paws running towards the encampment full speed.
- And almost as if waiting off stage to be called, they heard her footsteps - the light tread of women's shoes - moving toward them.
- She exclaimed happily in greeting as she heard the light tread of his boots on the kitchen tile.
- She quickly recognized the heavy tread of her father and straightened her spine in response.
- They shared the ensuing silence amicably, until the heavy tread of boot-clad feet rumbled on the narrow wooden porch of the inn's street frontage.
- We could almost hear the cadenced tread of feet.
- He listened to his heavy tread as he walked down the wharf.
- The distant tread of booted feet sounded above me and I smiled.
- Then there was one brief wild rush, the ground shaking under the tread of cattle and horses.
- And I'm starting to hear the steady tread of a group of footsteps, heavy and full of impending danger.
Synonyms
step, footstep, footfall, tramp
2The top surface of a step or stair.
（楼梯、台阶的）踏步板，梯面
Example sentencesExamples
- The remainder of the aluminum was utilized in furniture, equipment, ventilation ducts, ladders, stair treads, and railings.
- I had a similar problem with my cat when I was revarnishing my stair treads.
- The thesis was on the behaviour of very thin reinforced concrete planks used as stair treads in steel stairs, such as I had designed for the fire stair in the Menzies Hotel in Sydney in 1984.
- Along the hard side, exposed stairs with ash treads, risers and handrails climb to galleries which are connected to similar ones behind the timber screen on the soft side.
- How the stairs were attached, the width of the treads, and how high each step was became less of a secret to me.
- Designers often use glass tiles as decorative accents in backsplashes, showers, pool borders, floors, and even on the risers between stair treads.
- The step from the ground to the first tread will then be the same height as the other steps after the treads are attached to the stringers.
- There was no roof, while anything of value inside had long gone, from the original floor slabs and fireplaces to the lintels and stair treads.
- The distance between vertical members on the stairs is the same as for a deck, and a 6-inch maximum from the bottom rail to the tread is usually required.
- Following rough construction of the stairs, you will be covering the treads and risers with the finish material, as well as constructing a railing system.
- Cut through the middle of any damaged stair treads to remove it.
- The rise should be no more than 7 1/2 inches and the width of a tread at least 10 inches.
- The stair railings, treads, and risers are also controlled by code.
- The stringer connects the level of the deck to the grade, for the installation of stair risers and treads.
- The same rubber, but in gray, covers the stair treads.
- He tore up the stairs without touching a single tread, flung open the door of his room, tore open the window in its turn and flung from it a piece of Moroccan red about half the size of a toffee.
- So in the above example, a stairway with four risers will have three treads.
- Above, warm cedar covers the mezzanine and forms stair treads.
- A common design for stair treads provides a groove in the under surface, placed somewhat back from the rounded forward edge.
- In all the houses, suspended straight-flight stairs have treads and risers made of continuous sheets of folded steel with flat steel stringers.
3The thick molded part of a vehicle tire that grips the road.
车胎胎面，踏面
Example sentencesExamples
- One method involves taking an imprint of the contact between the tread and the track.
- Also make sure that your tyres have proper treads and are not as finished as the body of a snake.
- The surface was like a thick clay which clogged up the tyre treads, turning them into slicks.
- An examination showed the left main wheel had shed its tread and deflated.
- Both of the treads and several wheels couldn't take the sudden acceleration, tearing away noisily and flying off on their own short trajectories.
- There is grip only where asphalt and tread come in contact, with no water between them.
- Remember, most punctures are caused by something sticking to the tread and working through during numerous wheel revolutions.
- SBS rubber is a common component of tire treads and rubber-soled shoes.
- One way Stevens described is to make the entire manned base a rover: putting it on wheels or treads and moving it robotically from one site to another between visits by human crews.
- The new (nearly new) car wouldn't take the snow chains and I wished, for the first time in years, for a 4x4 and vowed to get a pair of old wheels with knobbly treads.
- He and his wife go out to change the tire, and George is surprised to find a high-heeled shoe lodged in the treads.
- Everyone surrounded the craft and got a good look at it; it was a 15 foot-long van with treads surrounding its six wheels.
- The tire tread touches the ground the least amount in this vertical position.
- A pallet of new wheels for the table have been turned and await assembly; they're regular car wheels, but have been re-profiled with flat treads.
- Its ultra-fine ‘sipes’ (grooves in the treads of tyres to improve grip) resemble honeycombs.
- They are still vulnerable to aquaplaning because of their shallower tread depth, but on a plain wet road without big puddles, their grip is now no worse than a normal road tyre whose tread has been worn to a similar depth.
- One is idle, because the terrain is so difficult that its looped tread has actually come off its wheels.
- Instead of wheels the vehicle had light tank style treads designed uniquely for the RK with four wheels mounted above the ground line.
- It is a non-pneumatic wheel, made up of a rubber tread bonded to the hub through flexible spokes.
- There are suggestions of design problems, involving the way in which the treads are bonded with the rest of the tire.
1. 3.1 The part of a wheel that touches the ground or a rail.
  （与地面、钢轨接触的）车轮踏面
  Example sentencesExamples
  The treads give added mobility over predecessors with conventional wheels, allowing it to travel over thick carpet.
2. 3.2 The upper surface of a railroad track, in contact with the wheels.
  （钢轨与车轮接触的）钢轨踏面
3. 3.3 The part of the sole of a shoe that rests on the ground.
  鞋底
  Example sentencesExamples
  At least one of us will step in a pile of dog dirt which will have to be laboriously extracted from the shoe treads with a stick once we get home.
  It is fairly close to a road shoe in terms of build and design but with some key differences, like its extra-firm heel, quick-dry outsoles and high-traction treads.
  Thanks… the tread is relatively smooth, so it's nothing caught there.
  I tapped the treads of his sneakers with my foot.
  I have a pair that I've been wearing for eight years - the soles are somewhat worn down but they have at least another couple of years to go before the tread disappears.
  She thwacked a lonesome pebble into the until now deathly still waters of the picturesque campus lake with a black platform trainer which could have had a brick wedged between sole and tread but at least made her an inch taller.
  If your old hiking shoes no longer provide support or have lost their tread, it's time to give them the boot.
  Don't worry - they look exactly the same, with their chain-link tread, ribbed rubber bootie, and sumptuous leather cuffs.
  They were old and had no tread, but she knew if she went back inside to change them she wouldn't go back out.
  Ditch your old pair when the tread or heel wear out, and invest in shoes that offer the best support.
  If you find the perfect pump, but the ball does not have a finish to it, go to a cobbler and get rubber treads put down.
  And despite his protégés, Snyder probably remains the poet who's ground away the most sole tread hiking through wilderness.

Phrases

tread water

1Maintain an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion.
踩水
Example sentencesExamples
- As Trey notes, to be certified for diving you have to swim two hundred yards and tread water for ten minutes.
- As part of his basic training Kevin had to swim 200 metres and tread water for two minutes.
- She emerged from her dive and started treading water as she turned herself around to look at the room.
- The skipper treads water as a Navy diver waits for a line to be thrown from the Oryx helicopter.
- He had been swimming and had started treading water when he started getting into difficulties.
- Her head popped up from under the water and she laughed, treading water as he walked through the waves out to her.
- I tried to catch my breath, maniacally treading water like a child learning how to swim.
- But I began to tire, and I realised that if I rested and trod water, I would undo all the progress I had made.
- We were treading water in a large water basin in a generator room.
- He said the fisherman had probably damaged his arms and legs badly as he had been unable to swim or tread water and described him as being ‘a minute away from death’.
1. 1.1Fail to advance or make progress.
  〈喻〉原地踏步；无进展
  men who are treading water in their careers
  事业停滞的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As Maloney treads water, others are catching up.
  His tendency to fall into the same sing-songy patterns and rhythms is disappointing, and his meditations on overdone subjects, like his musings on church, for example, sound like he's treading water.
  So when you see the elites floating away in their yachts while you're barely treading water, before you get angry, take a moment to feel their pain.
  Brando trod water a lot, so I might go for Mitchum.
  He treads water for a few more minutes and sputters out a handful of other fun winter facts.
  The plot treads water and most of the gags are so achingly obvious, you'll be hard pushed to even smile.
  So what could have been a quirky sleeper hit like There's Something About Mary, basically treads water for 90 minutes, then sinks.
  With a 10th win in 11 league games assured, the Old Trafford aristocrats trod water slightly after the interval.
  The real problem is that the rhetoric currently focused on the band either treads water too obviously or overreaches in apparent hipness.
  We are treading water but have increased recruits by a very small percentage.

Origin

Old English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten.

词汇	tread
释义	Definition of tread in English: tread verbtrod, trodden trɛdtrɛd 1no object, with adverbial Walk in a specified way. 走，行走 Rosa trod as lightly as she could figurative the government had to tread carefully so as not to offend the judiciary 〈喻〉政府不得不谨慎行事，以免得罪司法部门。 Example sentencesExamples Until then, the lesser nations have to tread warily and negotiate with wisdom. But private investors should still tread carefully. My bare feet tread lightly on the dirt floor, sweat already beginning to bead on my brow. I have to tread carefully, because certain persons who might claim to have been there too are liable to be up in arms the moment I stray more than an inch from the truth. It's also clear to see how Amanda's brief motocross career prepared her for making strides in sports where women have to tread carefully so not to step on macho male toes. Participants are instructed in the ‘correct’ ways to engage with people of other cultural groups and how to tread carefully around their different values. When there is no sound coming from Mayo it is time to tread warily. In the face of these foreboding signs of very troubled times, it is difficult to imagine why governments in the Caribbean, and more so ours, are rushing in where fools tread carefully. But in a case like this, they have an obligation to tread with the utmost care. With energetic Mars and changeable Uranus in your home sector all month, tread carefully when dealing with housemates. So, our extra-terrestrial analyst might warn that it should tread carefully when attempting to ease the burden on those with substantial childcare costs. New works need to tread carefully to avoid the homeless genre clichés of yore, or fall into the agit-prop trap of substituting earnestness for drama. Also, stomping all over the place in your street shoes where others tread barefoot is a health hazard. Kick off your shoes, tread lightly across the shagpile, snap open a Babycham, ease back in your Parker Knoll recliner and smooch your way through this little lot like the silky smooth operator you know you can be. Moreover, there was also a concern in 1988 to tread carefully with interest rate rises for fear of triggering a re-run of the October 1987 stock market plunge. You tread carefully, avoiding the tiger-skin carpet. She followed behind him, treading lightly on the ground. And so she did, treading gingerly into the deep carpet at first. She also advised them to tread carefully ‘for you can offend people if you don't do things the right way.’ "I really don't know, sir, " Ryan replied slowly, treading cautiously on this ground. Synonyms walk, step, stride, pace, go march, tramp, plod, stomp, trudge 1.1tread onBritish Set one's foot down on top of. （脚）踩，踏 the youth stumbled and trod on Harry's shoe Example sentencesExamples Dotted throughout the landscape are land mines, buried for unwary feet to tread on. I tread on his foot to get him going, so we're on our way out, and another ten per cent comes off. Terry fell and trod on my feet so I got room to shoot. He sidled round and trod on someone else's foot. I trod on broken glass and after they had gone I followed them through the window to see which way they had gone. But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported. I'd accidentally trod on her foot in my haste to get inside. I could say it's because I must inflict terrible things on you because you trod on a snail in your past life, said snail being an incarnation of god on Earth, and I am an agent of the cosmic balance. But it's very difficult on Carnac Island to move more than three feet without treading on a seagull chick. As he recovered himself, he trod on his companion's foot. To the eye of ordinary vigilance, the bundle is abandoned waste, which may be kicked or trod on with impunity. When I woke up at seven I felt I'd just trod on a rake. The soldiers, treading on Rowdon's bare feet, forced him from the inn and into the frozen night. When they finished they stayed where they were, contorted into some sort of acceptable form of non-physical contact with those around them, and slept as best they could on aged colored carpet trod on by millions before them. It made me feel most perturbed: this is London after all, and any contact with fellow passengers on public transport should be restricted to a muttered ‘sorry’ as you have your toes trod on or your bag sat upon. Without noticing the cold tiles beneath my feet, I accidentally trod on one of the drops. All bullies are victims, they all tread on others to make themselves feel safer, and once Alex seemed impermeable she was the must-have friend and defender. In fact, Ronaldo was pushed backwards and trod on my foot. Her foot was swollen after she trod on a rusty nail and she said she needed a tetanus shot. Nowadays it would seem to be treading on dangerous ground, especially for an innocent victim. 1.2with object Walk on or along. 沿着…走 shoppers will soon be treading the floors of the new shopping mall 顾客马上就要走进新商场了。 Example sentencesExamples But I hope to show they embody beauty because of the way they have spent their days walking paths trodden by their grandparents. For three years or so the squares lay open, and their sacred turf was trodden by the feet of working-class children, a sight to make dividend-drawers gnash their false teeth. When we trod this land, we walk for one reason… to try to help another man think for himself. Hedges effectively treads the tightrope between comedy and drama without veering too far in either direction. It's been months since I was able to walk in rough country, haven't trod the farm paths over to Washford or across to the cliffs this year at all. I carefully tread the hundred or so feet of concrete out into the water, and sit down at the end. A solitary figure walks slowly, treading the edge where grass meets dust. In this regard, the resolution of the parliamentary faction treads a veritable tightrope. With a heavy heart and heavier feet I trod the path to my mother's gates, and called out to the guards. You have to forge along, carefully treading a new way, trusting that your sense of direction has you going toward the right destination. You're right, though, I am treading a rather thin line here. During Lent, Christians reflect on the life of a bloke who trod the Earth as a humble carpenter and who surrounded himself with other average blokes, fishermen and the like. Treading this fine line will be a difficult challenge in the months ahead. Mainstream commercial radio has learned to walk that plank, treading a fine line between camaraderie and controversy. A ministry spokesman said: ‘We have trodden a careful line with the message over foot and mouth and tourism.’ This left him treading a narrow path along which private control and economic incentives might be preserved and yet society could obtain its full due by the complete expropriation of Ricardian rent. He had chosen the candidate, trod the turf, pressed the flesh and personalised events wherever possible. They are also aware, however, of those whose feet have trod the path before, of other historians' accounts and arguments. The reason that this case is a sad waste of an opportunity to examine the thin line between public accountability and privacy trodden by the press is that it's not a real fight. Their art treads a perilous tightrope and I think they've just fallen off. 1.3with object and adverbial Press down or crush with the feet. food had been trodden into the carpet 食物和烟头已被踏进地毯里去了。 Example sentencesExamples There are some traditional vineyards where grapes are still trodden by foot. Hither came Conan to tread the jeweled thrones of earth under his sandaled feet. One other member was overheard saying, ‘The people who trod these grapes hadn't washed their feet.’ How can there be any new ideas in this world if we forever take the paths trodden into mush? Crops are being mysteriously trodden down by unknown forces. As soon as they have thawed in the morning they are trodden with bare feet so that the skin remains intact but the fluid resulting from cell rupture is extruded. At some quintas, grapes are still trodden by foot in shallow stone troughs. Crushing was traditionally done by foot, by treading grapes thinly spread on a crushing floor slanted towards a drain and bounded by low walls to prevent the loss of juice. He didn't give the mess a second glance, and wandered off, treading crushed peanuts underfoot. After harvesting the crop, the plants were trodden beneath the feet of horses, cattle or (as described in Deuteronomy) oxen to remove the grain from the ear. "My grapes have been trodden with great care, " he said in broken English. They were trodden down by churchmen and nobility alike. Synonyms crush, flatten, press down, squash trample on, tramp on, step on, stamp on, stomp on noun trɛdtrɛd 1in singular A person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk. I heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots 我听到父亲靴子的沉重踩踏声。 Example sentencesExamples There is no noise, until one hears the soft, heavy tread of a large woman, walking slowly to the chair, and with great care lowering herself onto the chair. The distant tread of booted feet sounded above me and I smiled. Plush but tidy brown hush puppies softened the girl's tread, and she walked with a slight shuffle, back hunched a bit, as if she were trying to hide from the world. Then there was one brief wild rush, the ground shaking under the tread of cattle and horses. The sound of the manservant's heavy tread dragged him out of his thoughts. Eventually I hear distant voices which grow louder and louder and then the opening of the door before the heavy tread of footsteps along the landing to my room. He listened to his heavy tread as he walked down the wharf. Finally, she heard the soft tread of two pairs of feet. He began to pace slightly, his familiar heavy tread thudding in my ears as if he were marching in my head, crushing with his boots my own thoughts and dreams. And almost as if waiting off stage to be called, they heard her footsteps - the light tread of women's shoes - moving toward them. We could almost hear the cadenced tread of feet. She quickly recognized the heavy tread of her father and straightened her spine in response. He was paralyzed by the agony, unable to move even as he felt the heavy tread of General Powell's feet as he came to stand above him. A moment later the front door opened and Ben heard the heavy tread of Hoss's boots against the porch boards. And I'm starting to hear the steady tread of a group of footsteps, heavy and full of impending danger. She exclaimed happily in greeting as she heard the light tread of his boots on the kitchen tile. They shared the ensuing silence amicably, until the heavy tread of boot-clad feet rumbled on the narrow wooden porch of the inn's street frontage. Then she heard the soft tread of paws running towards the encampment full speed. As he continued, now hoping that someone would notice him and offer assistance, he thought he heard the sound of a familiar tread. The streets were so very quiet that the steady tread of my hobnailed boots muffled by the ground frost sounded unnatural. Synonyms step, footstep, footfall, tramp 2The top surface of a step or stair. （楼梯、台阶的）踏步板，梯面 Example sentencesExamples Designers often use glass tiles as decorative accents in backsplashes, showers, pool borders, floors, and even on the risers between stair treads. So in the above example, a stairway with four risers will have three treads. The distance between vertical members on the stairs is the same as for a deck, and a 6-inch maximum from the bottom rail to the tread is usually required. A common design for stair treads provides a groove in the under surface, placed somewhat back from the rounded forward edge. The rise should be no more than 7 1/2 inches and the width of a tread at least 10 inches. The thesis was on the behaviour of very thin reinforced concrete planks used as stair treads in steel stairs, such as I had designed for the fire stair in the Menzies Hotel in Sydney in 1984. Cut through the middle of any damaged stair treads to remove it. The stringer connects the level of the deck to the grade, for the installation of stair risers and treads. The step from the ground to the first tread will then be the same height as the other steps after the treads are attached to the stringers. In all the houses, suspended straight-flight stairs have treads and risers made of continuous sheets of folded steel with flat steel stringers. Along the hard side, exposed stairs with ash treads, risers and handrails climb to galleries which are connected to similar ones behind the timber screen on the soft side. He tore up the stairs without touching a single tread, flung open the door of his room, tore open the window in its turn and flung from it a piece of Moroccan red about half the size of a toffee. Above, warm cedar covers the mezzanine and forms stair treads. There was no roof, while anything of value inside had long gone, from the original floor slabs and fireplaces to the lintels and stair treads. How the stairs were attached, the width of the treads, and how high each step was became less of a secret to me. The same rubber, but in gray, covers the stair treads. The stair railings, treads, and risers are also controlled by code. The remainder of the aluminum was utilized in furniture, equipment, ventilation ducts, ladders, stair treads, and railings. I had a similar problem with my cat when I was revarnishing my stair treads. Following rough construction of the stairs, you will be covering the treads and risers with the finish material, as well as constructing a railing system. 3The thick moulded part of a vehicle tyre that grips the road. 车胎胎面，踏面 Example sentencesExamples Remember, most punctures are caused by something sticking to the tread and working through during numerous wheel revolutions. It is a non-pneumatic wheel, made up of a rubber tread bonded to the hub through flexible spokes. There are suggestions of design problems, involving the way in which the treads are bonded with the rest of the tire. They are still vulnerable to aquaplaning because of their shallower tread depth, but on a plain wet road without big puddles, their grip is now no worse than a normal road tyre whose tread has been worn to a similar depth. Everyone surrounded the craft and got a good look at it; it was a 15 foot-long van with treads surrounding its six wheels. A pallet of new wheels for the table have been turned and await assembly; they're regular car wheels, but have been re-profiled with flat treads. One is idle, because the terrain is so difficult that its looped tread has actually come off its wheels. The tire tread touches the ground the least amount in this vertical position. The new (nearly new) car wouldn't take the snow chains and I wished, for the first time in years, for a 4x4 and vowed to get a pair of old wheels with knobbly treads. The surface was like a thick clay which clogged up the tyre treads, turning them into slicks. Both of the treads and several wheels couldn't take the sudden acceleration, tearing away noisily and flying off on their own short trajectories. SBS rubber is a common component of tire treads and rubber-soled shoes. One method involves taking an imprint of the contact between the tread and the track. Also make sure that your tyres have proper treads and are not as finished as the body of a snake. Instead of wheels the vehicle had light tank style treads designed uniquely for the RK with four wheels mounted above the ground line. There is grip only where asphalt and tread come in contact, with no water between them. An examination showed the left main wheel had shed its tread and deflated. One way Stevens described is to make the entire manned base a rover: putting it on wheels or treads and moving it robotically from one site to another between visits by human crews. He and his wife go out to change the tire, and George is surprised to find a high-heeled shoe lodged in the treads. Its ultra-fine ‘sipes’ (grooves in the treads of tyres to improve grip) resemble honeycombs. 3.1 The part of a wheel that touches the ground or a rail. （与地面、钢轨接触的）车轮踏面 Example sentencesExamples The treads give added mobility over predecessors with conventional wheels, allowing it to travel over thick carpet. 3.2 The upper surface of a railway track, in contact with the wheels. （钢轨与车轮接触的）钢轨踏面 3.3 The part of the sole of a shoe that rests on the ground. 鞋底 Example sentencesExamples And despite his protégés, Snyder probably remains the poet who's ground away the most sole tread hiking through wilderness. Ditch your old pair when the tread or heel wear out, and invest in shoes that offer the best support. I have a pair that I've been wearing for eight years - the soles are somewhat worn down but they have at least another couple of years to go before the tread disappears. They were old and had no tread, but she knew if she went back inside to change them she wouldn't go back out. If your old hiking shoes no longer provide support or have lost their tread, it's time to give them the boot. It is fairly close to a road shoe in terms of build and design but with some key differences, like its extra-firm heel, quick-dry outsoles and high-traction treads. If you find the perfect pump, but the ball does not have a finish to it, go to a cobbler and get rubber treads put down. I tapped the treads of his sneakers with my foot. She thwacked a lonesome pebble into the until now deathly still waters of the picturesque campus lake with a black platform trainer which could have had a brick wedged between sole and tread but at least made her an inch taller. Thanks… the tread is relatively smooth, so it's nothing caught there. Don't worry - they look exactly the same, with their chain-link tread, ribbed rubber bootie, and sumptuous leather cuffs. At least one of us will step in a pile of dog dirt which will have to be laboriously extracted from the shoe treads with a stick once we get home. Phrases tread water 1Maintain an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion. 踩水 they were at the deep end of the pool and trod water to keep afloat Example sentencesExamples As part of his basic training Kevin had to swim 200 metres and tread water for two minutes. As Trey notes, to be certified for diving you have to swim two hundred yards and tread water for ten minutes. I tried to catch my breath, maniacally treading water like a child learning how to swim. We were treading water in a large water basin in a generator room. He said the fisherman had probably damaged his arms and legs badly as he had been unable to swim or tread water and described him as being ‘a minute away from death’. She emerged from her dive and started treading water as she turned herself around to look at the room. Her head popped up from under the water and she laughed, treading water as he walked through the waves out to her. The skipper treads water as a Navy diver waits for a line to be thrown from the Oryx helicopter. But I began to tire, and I realised that if I rested and trod water, I would undo all the progress I had made. He had been swimming and had started treading water when he started getting into difficulties. 1.1Fail to make progress. 〈喻〉原地踏步；无进展 men who are treading water in their careers 事业停滞的人。 Example sentencesExamples Brando trod water a lot, so I might go for Mitchum. With a 10th win in 11 league games assured, the Old Trafford aristocrats trod water slightly after the interval. So when you see the elites floating away in their yachts while you're barely treading water, before you get angry, take a moment to feel their pain. He treads water for a few more minutes and sputters out a handful of other fun winter facts. The real problem is that the rhetoric currently focused on the band either treads water too obviously or overreaches in apparent hipness. His tendency to fall into the same sing-songy patterns and rhythms is disappointing, and his meditations on overdone subjects, like his musings on church, for example, sound like he's treading water. The plot treads water and most of the gags are so achingly obvious, you'll be hard pushed to even smile. So what could have been a quirky sleeper hit like There's Something About Mary, basically treads water for 90 minutes, then sinks. As Maloney treads water, others are catching up. We are treading water but have increased recruits by a very small percentage. Derivatives treader noun Hoping that this sets a new trend, we are looking forward to more board treaders being caught unaware on canvas in the following months. Example sentencesExamples Is there really anything faster than a cloud treader? The general smartness is attributable largely to the director, a canny treader of fine lines. It would be unfair to select any one of the cast for special mention as from the youngest to the oldest treader of the boards, they all played their part. According to eager treaders, it is a sensual treat. Origin Old English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten. trade from Late Middle English: Trade came from German and is related to tread (Old English). It originally meant ‘a track or way’, and then ‘a way of life’, and ‘a skilled handicraft’—the ‘buying and selling’ sense dates from the 16th century. A trade wind has nothing to do with commerce. The term arose in the mid 17th century from blow trade ‘to blow steadily in the same direction’, or along the same course or track. Sailors thought that many winds blew in this way, but as navigation technology improved they realized that there are only two belts of trade winds proper, blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and from the southeast in the southern hemisphere. Rhymes abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, underbred, underfed, wed verb.1 phr. Definition of tread in US English: tread verbtredtrɛd 1no object, with adverbial Walk in a specified way. 走，行走 figurative the administration had to tread carefully so as not to offend the judiciary 〈喻〉政府不得不谨慎行事，以免得罪司法部门。 he trod lightly, trying to make as little contact with the mud as possible 他轻快地向前走，尽可能避免踩到泥浆。 Example sentencesExamples In the face of these foreboding signs of very troubled times, it is difficult to imagine why governments in the Caribbean, and more so ours, are rushing in where fools tread carefully. Kick off your shoes, tread lightly across the shagpile, snap open a Babycham, ease back in your Parker Knoll recliner and smooch your way through this little lot like the silky smooth operator you know you can be. My bare feet tread lightly on the dirt floor, sweat already beginning to bead on my brow. With energetic Mars and changeable Uranus in your home sector all month, tread carefully when dealing with housemates. Also, stomping all over the place in your street shoes where others tread barefoot is a health hazard. Until then, the lesser nations have to tread warily and negotiate with wisdom. Moreover, there was also a concern in 1988 to tread carefully with interest rate rises for fear of triggering a re-run of the October 1987 stock market plunge. She followed behind him, treading lightly on the ground. You tread carefully, avoiding the tiger-skin carpet. Participants are instructed in the ‘correct’ ways to engage with people of other cultural groups and how to tread carefully around their different values. It's also clear to see how Amanda's brief motocross career prepared her for making strides in sports where women have to tread carefully so not to step on macho male toes. New works need to tread carefully to avoid the homeless genre clichés of yore, or fall into the agit-prop trap of substituting earnestness for drama. And so she did, treading gingerly into the deep carpet at first. I have to tread carefully, because certain persons who might claim to have been there too are liable to be up in arms the moment I stray more than an inch from the truth. "I really don't know, sir, " Ryan replied slowly, treading cautiously on this ground. But private investors should still tread carefully. But in a case like this, they have an obligation to tread with the utmost care. When there is no sound coming from Mayo it is time to tread warily. So, our extra-terrestrial analyst might warn that it should tread carefully when attempting to ease the burden on those with substantial childcare costs. She also advised them to tread carefully ‘for you can offend people if you don't do things the right way.’ Synonyms walk, step, stride, pace, go 1.1tread onBritish Set one's foot down on top of. （脚）踩，踏 Example sentencesExamples To the eye of ordinary vigilance, the bundle is abandoned waste, which may be kicked or trod on with impunity. It made me feel most perturbed: this is London after all, and any contact with fellow passengers on public transport should be restricted to a muttered ‘sorry’ as you have your toes trod on or your bag sat upon. But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported. When I woke up at seven I felt I'd just trod on a rake. Nowadays it would seem to be treading on dangerous ground, especially for an innocent victim. When they finished they stayed where they were, contorted into some sort of acceptable form of non-physical contact with those around them, and slept as best they could on aged colored carpet trod on by millions before them. He sidled round and trod on someone else's foot. I'd accidentally trod on her foot in my haste to get inside. But it's very difficult on Carnac Island to move more than three feet without treading on a seagull chick. I trod on broken glass and after they had gone I followed them through the window to see which way they had gone. I could say it's because I must inflict terrible things on you because you trod on a snail in your past life, said snail being an incarnation of god on Earth, and I am an agent of the cosmic balance. Terry fell and trod on my feet so I got room to shoot. I tread on his foot to get him going, so we're on our way out, and another ten per cent comes off. Her foot was swollen after she trod on a rusty nail and she said she needed a tetanus shot. Without noticing the cold tiles beneath my feet, I accidentally trod on one of the drops. In fact, Ronaldo was pushed backwards and trod on my foot. As he recovered himself, he trod on his companion's foot. Dotted throughout the landscape are land mines, buried for unwary feet to tread on. The soldiers, treading on Rowdon's bare feet, forced him from the inn and into the frozen night. All bullies are victims, they all tread on others to make themselves feel safer, and once Alex seemed impermeable she was the must-have friend and defender. 1.2with object Walk on or along. 沿着…走 shoppers will soon be treading the floors of the new shopping mall 顾客马上就要走进新商场了。 Example sentencesExamples Hedges effectively treads the tightrope between comedy and drama without veering too far in either direction. I carefully tread the hundred or so feet of concrete out into the water, and sit down at the end. The reason that this case is a sad waste of an opportunity to examine the thin line between public accountability and privacy trodden by the press is that it's not a real fight. It's been months since I was able to walk in rough country, haven't trod the farm paths over to Washford or across to the cliffs this year at all. With a heavy heart and heavier feet I trod the path to my mother's gates, and called out to the guards. But I hope to show they embody beauty because of the way they have spent their days walking paths trodden by their grandparents. For three years or so the squares lay open, and their sacred turf was trodden by the feet of working-class children, a sight to make dividend-drawers gnash their false teeth. You're right, though, I am treading a rather thin line here. A ministry spokesman said: ‘We have trodden a careful line with the message over foot and mouth and tourism.’ In this regard, the resolution of the parliamentary faction treads a veritable tightrope. A solitary figure walks slowly, treading the edge where grass meets dust. They are also aware, however, of those whose feet have trod the path before, of other historians' accounts and arguments. During Lent, Christians reflect on the life of a bloke who trod the Earth as a humble carpenter and who surrounded himself with other average blokes, fishermen and the like. Mainstream commercial radio has learned to walk that plank, treading a fine line between camaraderie and controversy. Treading this fine line will be a difficult challenge in the months ahead. You have to forge along, carefully treading a new way, trusting that your sense of direction has you going toward the right destination. This left him treading a narrow path along which private control and economic incentives might be preserved and yet society could obtain its full due by the complete expropriation of Ricardian rent. When we trod this land, we walk for one reason… to try to help another man think for himself. He had chosen the candidate, trod the turf, pressed the flesh and personalised events wherever possible. Their art treads a perilous tightrope and I think they've just fallen off. 1.3with object Press down into the ground or another surface with the feet. 踏进（地面等） food and cigarette butts had been trodden into the carpet 食物和烟头已被踏进地毯里去了。 Example sentencesExamples It saved hay, both because of the admixture of straw and because the waste from hay being dropped and trodden into the litter was avoided. Noz's flat was soothingly casual - clothes, dishes and mugs everywhere and Parmesan cheese trodden into the carpet. And if you're worried about food being trodden into the carpet, why not try an ‘indoors picnic’ where a tablecloth is laid on the floor and the children sit on it. A look along the pavements in the streets of most of our town centres reveals unsightly patches where chewing gum has been dropped and trodden into the ground. If we care so much about our town's image, how come there is chewing gum trodden into the costly paving in Victoria Square and all sorts of cans, cartons and stray rubbish littering our streets? Perhaps, one day, one wet season, nine millennia ago, a piece of cut cane fell from a platform and was trodden into the mud by somebody hurrying to outrun the rain as it roared up the hill, stripping leaves from the trees as it came. Leaves were being trodden into the ground, making it slushy and wet. I thought about warning his parents - I hated to think of that gum being trodden into their own carpets when they got home - but I had decided not to interfere once and it would be hypocritical for me to do so now. There's no telling with the dratted things but they cling to life with a tenacity not unlike chewing gum trodden into carpet pile and it's more likely that it'll spring into life somewhere around the end of April, beginning of May. Sixteen dead fish were trodden into the floor along with the contents of the sand tray. Because Christian monuments were of little concern to early archaeologists, objects were trodden into the earth, covered by sandstorms, or used for garden decorations. The burnt match and calendar ashes lay forgotten on the carpet being trodden in by running feet as she skids through the house to answer the angrily buzzing telephone. 1.4with object and adverbial Crush or flatten something with the feet. 用脚踩碎，踏平 the snow had been trodden down by the horses 雪已被马给踏平了。 she stood on the floor of trodden earth Example sentencesExamples Hither came Conan to tread the jeweled thrones of earth under his sandaled feet. At some quintas, grapes are still trodden by foot in shallow stone troughs. They were trodden down by churchmen and nobility alike. There are some traditional vineyards where grapes are still trodden by foot. As soon as they have thawed in the morning they are trodden with bare feet so that the skin remains intact but the fluid resulting from cell rupture is extruded. Crops are being mysteriously trodden down by unknown forces. "My grapes have been trodden with great care, " he said in broken English. After harvesting the crop, the plants were trodden beneath the feet of horses, cattle or (as described in Deuteronomy) oxen to remove the grain from the ear. How can there be any new ideas in this world if we forever take the paths trodden into mush? Crushing was traditionally done by foot, by treading grapes thinly spread on a crushing floor slanted towards a drain and bounded by low walls to prevent the loss of juice. He didn't give the mess a second glance, and wandered off, treading crushed peanuts underfoot. One other member was overheard saying, ‘The people who trod these grapes hadn't washed their feet.’ Synonyms crush, flatten, press down, squash nountredtrɛd 1in singular A manner or the sound of someone walking. 步法，步态；脚步声 I heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots 我听到父亲靴子的沉重踩踏声。 Example sentencesExamples He began to pace slightly, his familiar heavy tread thudding in my ears as if he were marching in my head, crushing with his boots my own thoughts and dreams. As he continued, now hoping that someone would notice him and offer assistance, he thought he heard the sound of a familiar tread. Eventually I hear distant voices which grow louder and louder and then the opening of the door before the heavy tread of footsteps along the landing to my room. There is no noise, until one hears the soft, heavy tread of a large woman, walking slowly to the chair, and with great care lowering herself onto the chair. Plush but tidy brown hush puppies softened the girl's tread, and she walked with a slight shuffle, back hunched a bit, as if she were trying to hide from the world. The sound of the manservant's heavy tread dragged him out of his thoughts. He was paralyzed by the agony, unable to move even as he felt the heavy tread of General Powell's feet as he came to stand above him. The streets were so very quiet that the steady tread of my hobnailed boots muffled by the ground frost sounded unnatural. Finally, she heard the soft tread of two pairs of feet. A moment later the front door opened and Ben heard the heavy tread of Hoss's boots against the porch boards. Then she heard the soft tread of paws running towards the encampment full speed. And almost as if waiting off stage to be called, they heard her footsteps - the light tread of women's shoes - moving toward them. She exclaimed happily in greeting as she heard the light tread of his boots on the kitchen tile. She quickly recognized the heavy tread of her father and straightened her spine in response. They shared the ensuing silence amicably, until the heavy tread of boot-clad feet rumbled on the narrow wooden porch of the inn's street frontage. We could almost hear the cadenced tread of feet. He listened to his heavy tread as he walked down the wharf. The distant tread of booted feet sounded above me and I smiled. Then there was one brief wild rush, the ground shaking under the tread of cattle and horses. And I'm starting to hear the steady tread of a group of footsteps, heavy and full of impending danger. Synonyms step, footstep, footfall, tramp 2The top surface of a step or stair. （楼梯、台阶的）踏步板，梯面 Example sentencesExamples The remainder of the aluminum was utilized in furniture, equipment, ventilation ducts, ladders, stair treads, and railings. I had a similar problem with my cat when I was revarnishing my stair treads. The thesis was on the behaviour of very thin reinforced concrete planks used as stair treads in steel stairs, such as I had designed for the fire stair in the Menzies Hotel in Sydney in 1984. Along the hard side, exposed stairs with ash treads, risers and handrails climb to galleries which are connected to similar ones behind the timber screen on the soft side. How the stairs were attached, the width of the treads, and how high each step was became less of a secret to me. Designers often use glass tiles as decorative accents in backsplashes, showers, pool borders, floors, and even on the risers between stair treads. The step from the ground to the first tread will then be the same height as the other steps after the treads are attached to the stringers. There was no roof, while anything of value inside had long gone, from the original floor slabs and fireplaces to the lintels and stair treads. The distance between vertical members on the stairs is the same as for a deck, and a 6-inch maximum from the bottom rail to the tread is usually required. Following rough construction of the stairs, you will be covering the treads and risers with the finish material, as well as constructing a railing system. Cut through the middle of any damaged stair treads to remove it. The rise should be no more than 7 1/2 inches and the width of a tread at least 10 inches. The stair railings, treads, and risers are also controlled by code. The stringer connects the level of the deck to the grade, for the installation of stair risers and treads. The same rubber, but in gray, covers the stair treads. He tore up the stairs without touching a single tread, flung open the door of his room, tore open the window in its turn and flung from it a piece of Moroccan red about half the size of a toffee. So in the above example, a stairway with four risers will have three treads. Above, warm cedar covers the mezzanine and forms stair treads. A common design for stair treads provides a groove in the under surface, placed somewhat back from the rounded forward edge. In all the houses, suspended straight-flight stairs have treads and risers made of continuous sheets of folded steel with flat steel stringers. 3The thick molded part of a vehicle tire that grips the road. 车胎胎面，踏面 Example sentencesExamples One method involves taking an imprint of the contact between the tread and the track. Also make sure that your tyres have proper treads and are not as finished as the body of a snake. The surface was like a thick clay which clogged up the tyre treads, turning them into slicks. An examination showed the left main wheel had shed its tread and deflated. Both of the treads and several wheels couldn't take the sudden acceleration, tearing away noisily and flying off on their own short trajectories. There is grip only where asphalt and tread come in contact, with no water between them. Remember, most punctures are caused by something sticking to the tread and working through during numerous wheel revolutions. SBS rubber is a common component of tire treads and rubber-soled shoes. One way Stevens described is to make the entire manned base a rover: putting it on wheels or treads and moving it robotically from one site to another between visits by human crews. The new (nearly new) car wouldn't take the snow chains and I wished, for the first time in years, for a 4x4 and vowed to get a pair of old wheels with knobbly treads. He and his wife go out to change the tire, and George is surprised to find a high-heeled shoe lodged in the treads. Everyone surrounded the craft and got a good look at it; it was a 15 foot-long van with treads surrounding its six wheels. The tire tread touches the ground the least amount in this vertical position. A pallet of new wheels for the table have been turned and await assembly; they're regular car wheels, but have been re-profiled with flat treads. Its ultra-fine ‘sipes’ (grooves in the treads of tyres to improve grip) resemble honeycombs. They are still vulnerable to aquaplaning because of their shallower tread depth, but on a plain wet road without big puddles, their grip is now no worse than a normal road tyre whose tread has been worn to a similar depth. One is idle, because the terrain is so difficult that its looped tread has actually come off its wheels. Instead of wheels the vehicle had light tank style treads designed uniquely for the RK with four wheels mounted above the ground line. It is a non-pneumatic wheel, made up of a rubber tread bonded to the hub through flexible spokes. There are suggestions of design problems, involving the way in which the treads are bonded with the rest of the tire. 3.1 The part of a wheel that touches the ground or a rail. （与地面、钢轨接触的）车轮踏面 Example sentencesExamples The treads give added mobility over predecessors with conventional wheels, allowing it to travel over thick carpet. 3.2 The upper surface of a railroad track, in contact with the wheels. （钢轨与车轮接触的）钢轨踏面 3.3 The part of the sole of a shoe that rests on the ground. 鞋底 Example sentencesExamples At least one of us will step in a pile of dog dirt which will have to be laboriously extracted from the shoe treads with a stick once we get home. It is fairly close to a road shoe in terms of build and design but with some key differences, like its extra-firm heel, quick-dry outsoles and high-traction treads. Thanks… the tread is relatively smooth, so it's nothing caught there. I tapped the treads of his sneakers with my foot. I have a pair that I've been wearing for eight years - the soles are somewhat worn down but they have at least another couple of years to go before the tread disappears. She thwacked a lonesome pebble into the until now deathly still waters of the picturesque campus lake with a black platform trainer which could have had a brick wedged between sole and tread but at least made her an inch taller. If your old hiking shoes no longer provide support or have lost their tread, it's time to give them the boot. Don't worry - they look exactly the same, with their chain-link tread, ribbed rubber bootie, and sumptuous leather cuffs. They were old and had no tread, but she knew if she went back inside to change them she wouldn't go back out. Ditch your old pair when the tread or heel wear out, and invest in shoes that offer the best support. If you find the perfect pump, but the ball does not have a finish to it, go to a cobbler and get rubber treads put down. And despite his protégés, Snyder probably remains the poet who's ground away the most sole tread hiking through wilderness. Phrases tread water 1Maintain an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion. 踩水 Example sentencesExamples As Trey notes, to be certified for diving you have to swim two hundred yards and tread water for ten minutes. As part of his basic training Kevin had to swim 200 metres and tread water for two minutes. She emerged from her dive and started treading water as she turned herself around to look at the room. The skipper treads water as a Navy diver waits for a line to be thrown from the Oryx helicopter. He had been swimming and had started treading water when he started getting into difficulties. Her head popped up from under the water and she laughed, treading water as he walked through the waves out to her. I tried to catch my breath, maniacally treading water like a child learning how to swim. But I began to tire, and I realised that if I rested and trod water, I would undo all the progress I had made. We were treading water in a large water basin in a generator room. He said the fisherman had probably damaged his arms and legs badly as he had been unable to swim or tread water and described him as being ‘a minute away from death’. 1.1Fail to advance or make progress. 〈喻〉原地踏步；无进展 men who are treading water in their careers 事业停滞的人。 Example sentencesExamples As Maloney treads water, others are catching up. His tendency to fall into the same sing-songy patterns and rhythms is disappointing, and his meditations on overdone subjects, like his musings on church, for example, sound like he's treading water. So when you see the elites floating away in their yachts while you're barely treading water, before you get angry, take a moment to feel their pain. Brando trod water a lot, so I might go for Mitchum. He treads water for a few more minutes and sputters out a handful of other fun winter facts. The plot treads water and most of the gags are so achingly obvious, you'll be hard pushed to even smile. So what could have been a quirky sleeper hit like There's Something About Mary, basically treads water for 90 minutes, then sinks. With a 10th win in 11 league games assured, the Old Trafford aristocrats trod water slightly after the interval. The real problem is that the rhetoric currently focused on the band either treads water too obviously or overreaches in apparent hipness. We are treading water but have increased recruits by a very small percentage. Origin Old English tredan (as a verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch treden and German treten. verb.1 phr.
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