v.踩水

red water───（牛、羊的）血尿病

tread pattern───[橡胶]胎面花纹

breakwater───n.防浪堤，挡水板，挡浪板

clean water───清洁（饮）水

feed water───给水

fresh water───湖水，[地质]淡水

gray water───灰水；中水

grey water───灰水（生活用水中污染较轻可再次利用的水）

head waiter───饭店领班

Get in the water and swim (or tread water) for 2-3 minutes to get your body warmed up.───下到水里游泳或踩水2至3分钟来唤醒你的身体。

During its early years the new little company was just able to tread water. Expenses were paid, but no profit was achieved.───公司在刚开业的最初几年只能勉强生存。除去开支之后，根本没有利润。

If you can't get back to the beach, tread water and wave for a lifeguard's help.───假如你无法游回岸边, 可踩水并向救生员挥手求救.

The crew of the capsized yacht had to tread water until the rescuers arrived.───那艘快艇倾覆了,人们在营救人员到达以前只得踩水.

Can you tread water?───你会踩水 吗 ?

I tread water for three days in a row.───有时,我可以连续三天踩水.

Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.───我的工作效率很高.有时, 我可以连续三天踩水.

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获得晋升（这看来得是几年以后的事了），要么改变现在正做的事情。

He treads water in heavy seas, yelling to search planes overhead.

He trod water and realized at once how cold he was.

When I get to the pool I am both delighted and relieved to see Winston treading water.

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.

A few persist in southern Florida, where, literally and figuratively, they appear to be treading water.

All I could do was tread water until the contracts arrived.

I think she feels that she's just treading water in that job.

I decided to tread water until a better job came along.

The album was treading water, the tour decent enough.