wade /weid/ vi. 1. 跋涉，涉水：The children waded out into the lake. 孩子们一路蹚水到了湖里。2.用于短语动词 wade through 花时间或精力读书或做某事：wade through a dull book啃完一本枯燥无味的书 I had to wade through pages and pages of statistics.我不得不硬着头皮研读一页页的统计数字。