To walk through water that is not deep — a river, a pool, the shallow sea at the edge of a beach. The key idea is that the water pushes back, so walking is slow and heavy: 'They waded across the stream.' It usually comes with a word telling you where: wade in, wade out, wade across, wade through.

To walk through water that is not deep 走過不深的水——a river, a pool, the shallow sea at the edge of a beach 像河、水池、海邊淺淺的海水。The key idea is 重點是 that the water pushes back 水會頂著你，so walking is slow and heavy 所以走起來又慢又費力：'They waded across the stream.' 'They waded across the stream.'（他們涉水過了小溪）It usually comes with a word telling you where 後面通常會接一個字告訴你方向——wade in, wade out, wade across, wade through wade in、wade out、wade across、wade through。

English then takes that feeling and uses it for other slow, heavy work. 'Wade through' is very common for reading or dealing with a large boring amount of something: 'I spent all morning wading through emails.' It always carries the sense of effort and dullness.

English then takes that feeling 英文接著把這種感覺 and uses it for other slow, heavy work 拿去用在其他又慢又費力的事情上。'Wade through' 'wade through' is very common 很常見 for reading or dealing with a large boring amount of something 用在讀完或處理完一大堆無聊的東西：'I spent all morning wading through emails.' 'I spent all morning wading through emails.'（我花了一整個早上在處理信件）It always carries the sense of effort and dullness 這個用法一定帶著費力又無聊的感覺。

There is also 'wade in', which means to join a fight or an argument suddenly and forcefully — 'he waded in with his own opinion' — and 'wade into', similar. These feel bold, sometimes too bold.

There is also 'wade in' 還有'wade in'，which means to join a fight or an argument suddenly and forcefully 意思是突然很用力地加入一場爭吵或衝突——'he waded in with his own opinion' 'he waded in with his own opinion'（他突然插話講了自己的意見）——and 'wade into', similar 還有意思差不多的'wade into'。These feel bold 這些說法給人大膽的感覺，sometimes too bold 有時候太大膽了。

As a noun it is rare, but you will hear 'go for a wade' at the beach.

As a noun it is rare 當名詞用很少見，but you will hear 'go for a wade' at the beach 但在海邊會聽到'go for a wade'（去涉個水）。

Related words you will meet: 'waders' (tall waterproof boots for standing in rivers), and 'wading pool', the American name for a shallow pool for small children (British: paddling pool).

Related words you will meet 你會遇到的相關字：'waders' 'waders' (tall waterproof boots for standing in rivers) （站在河裡用的高筒防水靴），and 'wading pool' 還有'wading pool'，the American name for a shallow pool for small children 美式說法，指給小小孩玩的淺水池 (British: paddling pool) （英式說法是paddling pool）。