tread

英 [tred] 美 [trɛd]

1. 谐音“踹的”，即“用脚踹的”，引申为“践踏”。

tread 踩踏，践踏，步行，轮胎胎面

来自古英语 tredan,踩踏，来自 PIE*tred,踩踏，来自 PIE*der,走，跑，步行，词源同 trade,tramp. 后用于指轮胎胎面，常见于复合词 retread,翻修，翻新。

tread: tread: [OE] Tread comes from a prehistoric Germanic *trethan, which also produced German treten, Dutch treden, Swedish träda, and Danish træde. It does not appear to have any relations outside Germanic, however. Trade comes from the same base, and it is thought that trot [13] may do so too, although its immediate source was Old French troter.
=> trade, trot
tread (v.): Old English tredan "to tread, step on, trample; traverse, pass over" (class V strong verb; past tense træd, past participle treden), from Proto-Germanic *tred- (cognates: Old Saxon tredan, Old Frisian treda, Middle Dutch treden, Old High German tretan, German treten, Gothic trudan, Old Norse troða), from PIE *der- (1) "assumed base of roots meaning 'to run, walk, step'" [Watkins]. Related: Trod; treading.
tread (n.): early 13c., "a step or stepping, pressure with the foot," from tread (v.); in reference to automobile tires, it is recorded from 1906.

1. We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread.: 我们现在可以非常清楚地听到他们沉重的脚步声。

4. The satin slippers tread daintily through the dewy grass.: 缎子拖鞋轻盈地踏过沾着露珠的草地。