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wade /ˈwed/
(vi.)跋涉(vt.)涉水跋涉,淺灘
Wade n. The act of wading. [Colloq.]
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Wade, v. t. To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ░he rivers and swamps.
Wade v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.]
1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]
When might is joined unto cruelty,
Alas, too deep will the venom wade. --Chaucer.
Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old Play.
2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
So eagerly the fiend . . .
With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,
And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. --Milton.
3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed ░lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly ░inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. --Dryden.
The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. --Davenant.
Woad n. [Written also wad, and wade.]
1. Bot. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria) of the family Cruciferae (syn. Brassicaceae). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. See isatin.
2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. --Milton.
Wild woad Bot., the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld.
Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
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Wade
n : English tennis player who won may women's singles titles
(born in 1945) [syn: Virginia Wade]
v : walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across
the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"