Wade



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.涉水
• ［英］ v.涉水 ( to step in water)
• ［例］ Let's wade across the water.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (waded; wading)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wadan; akin to Old High German watan to go, wade, Latin vadere to go
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to step in or through a medium (as water) offering more resistance than air
  • 2. to move or proceed with difficulty or labor <wade through the crowd><wade through all the evidence>
  • 3. to set to work or attack with determination or vigor — used with in or into<wade into a task>
• transitive verb
  • to pass or cross by wading
• ? wadable or wadeable adjective

II. noun

• Date: 1665
• an act of wading <a wade in the brook>

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