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VERB
踩;踏；踐踏
If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.
例句
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot...
哦，對不起，我不是故意踩你腳的。
I had white rugs on the floor, but people were scared to tread on them in case they marked.
我在地板上鋪了白色小地毯，但大家都不敢往上踩，以免在上面留下腳印。
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VERB
(以某種方式)步行，行走
If you tread in a particular way, you walk that way.
例句
She trod casually, enjoying the touch of the damp grass on her feet.
她信步而行，享受著濕漉漉的草地觸及雙腳的感覺。
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N-SING
腳步聲
A person's tread is the sound that they make with their feet as they walk.
例句
We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread.
我們現在可以非常清楚地聽到他們沉重的腳步聲。
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VERB
（謹慎）行事
If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way.
例句
If you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with...
如果你希望建立新的關系，首先要慎重行事，不要著急。
There are three reasons for treading warily in such matters.
這種事情需要謹慎行事有 3 個原因。
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N-COUNT
(臺階或樓梯的)梯面，踏板
The tread of a step or stair is its flat upper surface.
例句
He walked up the stairs. The treads were covered with a kind of rubber and very quiet.
他走上樓梯。梯面上鋪了一種橡膠，因此沒有什么聲響。
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N-VAR
(輪胎胎面、鞋底的)花紋
The tread of a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping.
例句
The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
這種寬大的輪胎有很深的胎面花紋。
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PHRASE
走鋼絲般行事;小心地把握分寸
If someone is treading a fine line or path, they are acting carefully because they have to avoid making a serious mistake, especially in a situation where they have to deal with two opposing demands.
例句
They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them...
他們既要讓孩子們了解情況，又不能讓他們產生厭煩情緒，不得不小心把握分寸。
The President will therefore have to tread a very fine line when he addresses the parliament.
因此，總統在向議會演講時將不得不仔細拿捏分寸。
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PHRASE
(以…方式)行事;走(…的)路子
If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
例句
He continues to tread an unconventional path...
他還是不按傳統方式行事。
Stylistically, Weller is treading a similar path to that of Lenny Kravitz.
在風格上，韋勒與倫尼·克拉維茨走著相似的路子。
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PHRASE
踩水
If someone who is in deep water treads water, they float in an upright position by moving their legs slightly.
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PHRASE
原地踏步;毫無進展
If you say that someone is treading water, you mean that they are in an unsatisfactory situation where they are not progressing, but are just continuing doing the same things.
例句
I could either tread water until I was promoted, which looked to be a few years away, or I could change what I was doing.
我要么原地踏步直到獲得晉升(這看來得是幾年以后的事了)，要么改變現在正做的事情。