Word · Frequency #11499
wade
涉水；蹚水
to walk through water, especially shallow water
- 1.
To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
涉水或穿过阻碍前进的东西
- 2.
To progress with difficulty.
艰难地前进
- 3.
To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
涉水通过(水域或类似障碍)；蹚过
- 4.
To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
在云或雾中时隐时现地闪光
- 5.
To enter recklessly.
冒失地进入
涉水或穿过阻碍前进的东西；艰难地前进；涉水通过(水域或类似障碍)；蹚过；在云或雾中时隐时现地闪光；冒失地进入
In use
After the rain, we had to wade through the flooded street to reach the bus stop.
The children love to wade in the shallow water at the beach.
She waded across the river to help the stranded hiker.
wade through sth
through 后接所穿过的水体，表示在其中艰难地行走。
We waded through the shallow water to reach the other side.
我们蹚过浅水到达了对岸。
wade across sth
across 强调从一侧蹚到另一侧，后接河流、小溪等。
The children waded across the stream to get to the meadow.
孩子们蹚过小溪，来到了草地。
wade into sth
into 强调从岸边走入水中，后接 water、lake、sea 等水体名词。
Connections
Collocations
- wade into the water
- 蹚进水里
- The dog waded into the water to fetch the stick.狗蹚进水里去捡那根棍子。
- wade across a river
- 涉水过河
- We waded across the river at the shallows.我们在浅水处涉水过河。
- wade through mud
- 在泥泞中跋涉
- The soldiers waded through the mud to reach the village.士兵们在泥泞中跋涉才到达村庄。
- wade through paperwork
- 费力地处理大量文书
- He spent the whole weekend wading through paperwork.他整个周末都在费力地处理大量文书。
- wade into a debate
- 贸然介入争论
- She waded into the debate without knowing all the facts.她在不了解全部事实的情况下贸然介入了争论。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
“wade”音近“微的”：想象水微微没过脚踝，你小心翼翼蹚过去。这句联想帮你记住“蹚水、跋涉”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：溪流、海滩 该词属中性语体，正式与非正式场合均可用。通常用于描述在浅水中行走的情形，日常口语和书面写作中都较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 wade 押韵（/eɪd/）的词：made, grade, shade, paid。注意形近词 wad /wɒd/ 和 wide /waɪd/ 发音不同，不与 wade 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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