Tread

(noun.) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step.

(noun.) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground.

(noun.) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire.

(verb.) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.

(verb.) mate with; 'male birds tread the females'.

(verb.) crush as if by treading on; 'tread grapes to make wine'.

(verb.) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; 'The soldiers trampled across the fields'.

(verb.) apply (the tread) to a tire.

校对:蒂米

• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In a place like this I'm sure to upset something, tread on people's toes, or do something dreadful, so I keep out of mischief and let Meg sail about. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• About the middle of the letter I heard--what checked my pen--a tread in the vestibule. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Two resolute men, well acquainted with these northern wilds, and skilful in tracking the tread of man and horse. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The whole time he heard neither voice nor tread--nothing but the faint music playing a solemn march. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• However, I shall say nothing till I know the ground I'm treading on. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Thirdly, the employment of the fulling-mill for thickening the cloth, instead of treading it in water. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He knew that Hermione had a curious pleasure in treading down all the social differences, at least apparently, and he left it to her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Your house is so full of these little plagues, now, that a body can't set down their foot without treading on 'em. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It isn't the first time, by a good many hundreds, that I find myself treading on delicate ground, answered the other, as immovable as ever. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I did so, that I might kiss the dear and sacred earth he trod. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He lighted the candle from the flaring match with great deliberation, and dropped the match, and trod it out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I trod heaven in my thoughts, now exulting in my powers, now burning with the idea of their effects. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Caroline, without pausing, trod forward on the trembling plank as if it were a continuation of the firm turf. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Tall and muscular as I was in form, I must have looked like, what indeed I was, the merest ruffian that ever trod the earth. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She, with meek heart and due reverence, treads close in her Redeemer's steps. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In some respects, he treads in the footsteps of his sainted mother. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It lies under that fellow's feet, and he treads upon it and exults above it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, removed out of the way, and coiled up as if afraid of being inadvertently trodden upon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He slipped off his worn down-trodden shoes, and cast himself heavily, all wet as he was, upon the bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This was no trodden way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I am not quite trodden down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Upon that, I turned down the long passage which I had first trodden in my thick boots, and he made his bell sound. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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