Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 67
Traversing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Traverse
Traverse (v. t.) 橫渡，橫越；越過；穿過；橫貫，橫跨；交叉；沿……來回移動；在……來回走動 To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds. -- Dryden.
Traverse (v. t.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse. -- Sir W. Scott.
Traverse (v. t.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe.
What seas you traversed, and what fields you fought. -- Pope.
Traverse (v. t.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice -- ingratitude. -- South.
Traverse (v. t.) (Gun.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
Traverse (v. t.) (Carp.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
Traverse (v. t.) (Law) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it.
And save the expense of long litigious laws, Where suits are traversed, and so little won That he who conquers is but last undone. -- Dryden.
To traverse a yard (Naut.), To brace it fore and aft.
Traverse (v. i.) 橫越；橫過；（橫向）往返移動；轉動；在軸上旋轉 To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse. -- Shak.
Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Traverse table (n.) 小平板儀：由測斜照準儀，小測板（一般大小為28公分×32公分）及定長三腳架組成之平板儀。A navigation or surveying table giving the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance and containing the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle usually for every degree of angle and for all lengths of the hypotenuse from 1 to 100.
Traverse table (n.) Transfer table.
Compare: Transfer table
Transfer table (n.) 遷車台；傳送表；轉移台 A platform with one or more tracks moving laterally on wheels for shifting railroad locomotives or cars from one track to another one parallel to it.
Traverser (n.) [C] 橫越者；橫斷物；（鐵路的）轉車臺，轉盤；【律】否認者，反駁者 One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.
Traverser (n.) (Law) One who traverses, or denies.
Traverser (n.) (Railroad) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n.
Traverser (n.) Someone who moves or passes across; "the traversers slowly ascended the mountain".
Traversing (a.) Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.
Traversing plate (Mil.), one of two thick iron plates at the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is applied in traversing the piece. -- Wilhelm.
Traversing platform (Mil.), A platform for traversing guns.
Travertine (n.) (Min.) A white
concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It
is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution.
Extensive deposits exist at
Travesty (a.) Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
Travesties (n. pl. ) of Travesty.
Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. -- De Quincey.
Travesty (n.) A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations [syn: farce, farce comedy, travesty].
Travesty (n.) A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on].
Travesty (v.) Make a travesty of.
Travestied (imp. & p. p.) of Travesty.
Travesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Travesty.
Travesty (v. t.) To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. -- Bentley.
Trawl (v. t.) To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. & Canada].
Trawl (n.) A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
Trawl (n.) A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: trawl, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline].
Trawl (n.) A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths [syn: trawl, dragnet, trawl net].
Trawl (v.) Fish with trawlers.
Trawlboat (n.) A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
Trawler (n.) One who, or that which, trawls.
Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Trawler (n.) A fisherman who use a trawl net.
Trawler (n.) A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish [syn: trawler, dragger].
Trawlermen (n. pl. ) of Trawlerman.
Trawlerman (n.) A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish. [Obs.] -- Cowell.
Trawlnet (n.) Same as Trawl, n., 2.
Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.
Tray (v. t.) To betray; to deceive. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Trays (n. pl. ) of Tray
Tray (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
Tray (n.) A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
Tray (n.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
Tray (n.) An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
Trayfuls (n. pl. ) of Trayful.
Trayful (n.) As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.
Trays (n. pl.) See Trais.
Trais, Trays (n. pl.) Traces. [Obs.]
Four white bulls in the trays. -- Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Trays (n. pl.) [Obs.] See Trais. -- Chaucer.
Tray (n.; pl. Trays.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
Tray (n.; pl. Trays.) A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
Tray (n.; pl. Trays.) A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
Tray-trip (n.) An old game played with dice. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Treacher (n.) A traitor; a cheat. [Obs.]
Treacher and coward both. -- Beau. & Fl.
Treacherous (a.) . 背叛的；不忠的；奸詐的；不牢靠的；危險的；變化莫測的 Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Loyal father of a treacherous son. -- Shak.
The treacherous smile, A mask for secret hate. -- Cowper.
Syn: Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious; plotting. -- Treach"er*ous*ly, (adv.) -- Treach"er*ous*ness, (n.)
Treacherous (a.) Dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle" [syn: treacherous, unreliable].
Treacherous (a.) Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" [syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous].
Treachery (n.) 叛逆，背叛，變節 Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. -- Chaucer.
In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. -- Macaulay. Treachetour
Treachery (n.) Betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery].
Treachery (n.) An act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy].
Treachetour (n.) Alt. of Treachour.
Treachour (n.) A traitor. [Obs.] "Treachour full of false despite." -- Spenser.
Treacle (n.) (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. -- Jer. Taylor.
Treacle (n.) A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.]
Christ which is to every harm treacle. -- Chaucer.
Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
Note: In the United States molasses is the common name; in England, treacle.
Treacle (n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.
Treacle mustard (Bot.), A name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the Erysimum cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac.
Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. -- Nares.
Venice treacle. (Old Med.) Same as Theriac, 1.
Treacle (n.) A blend of molasses, sugar, and corn syrup.
Treacle (n.) Something that is annoying because it is too sentimental.
Treacle (n.) A medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison.
Treacle (n.) Chiefly British a : Molasses.
Treacle (n.) A blend of molasses, invert sugar, and corn syrup used as syrup -- called also golden syrup.
Treacle (n.) Something (as a tone of voice) heavily sweet and cloying.
Treacle (n.) A medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison.
Treacle (n.) A pale cane syrup [syn: treacle, golden syrup].
Treacle (n.) Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental [syn: treacle, mush, slop, glop].
Treacly (a.) Like, or composed of, treacle.
Treacly (a.) Overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly].
Trod (imp.) of Tread.
Trodden (p. p.) of Tread.
Trod () of Tread.
Treading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tread.
Tread (v. i.) 踩，踏 [Q] [（+on/ upon）]；步行，走 [Q]；（雄鳥）與雌鳥交尾 [（+with）] To set the foot; to step.
Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. -- Pope.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. -- Pope.
The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go. -- Chaucer.
Tread (v. i.) To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep. -- Milton
Tread (v. i.) To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. -- Shak.
To tread on or To tread upon. (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. "Thou shalt tread upon their high places." -- Deut. xxxiii. 29.
To tread on or To tread upon. (b) To follow closely. "Year treads on year." -- Wordsworth.
To tread upon the heels of, To follow close upon. "Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin." -- Milton.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel. -- Shak.
Tread (v. t.) 踩，踏；在……上面走；踏成，踩出；踐踏，蹂躪 To step or walk on.
Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. -- Prior.
Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. -- Dryden.
Tread (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
Tread (v. t.) To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like. " I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem." -- Beau. & Fl.
They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass. -- Shak.
Tread (v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. -- Ps. xliv. 5.
Tread (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird. -- Chaucer.
To tread out, To press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses.
To tread the stage, To act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.
Tread (n.) 踩，踏；步態；足音 [S]；（樓梯等的）踏板 [C] A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat. -- Tennyson.
Tread (n.) Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
Tread (n.) Way; track; path. [R.] --Shak.
Tread (n.) The act of copulation in birds.
Tread (n.) (Arch.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
Tread (n.) (Fort.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
Tread (n.) (Mach.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
Tread (n.) (Mach.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
Tread (n.) (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
Tread (n.) (Far.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
Tread (n.) A step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread].
Tread (n.) The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire.
Tread (n.) The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground.
Tread (n.) Structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step.
Tread (v.) Put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" [syn: step, tread].
Tread (v.) Tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" [syn: tread, trample].
Tread (v.) Crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine".
Tread (v.) Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.
Tread (v.) Apply (the tread) to a tire.
Tread (v.) Mate with; "male birds tread the females".
Treadboard (n.) [Arch.] See Tread, n., 5.
Treader (n.) One who treads. -- Isa. xvi. 10.
Treadfowl (n.) A cock. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Treadle (n.) （自行車等的）踏板 The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
Treadle (n.) (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
Treadle (n.) A lever that is operated with the foot [syn: pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever].
Treadle (v.) Tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones".
Treadle (v.) (v. t.) 踩踏板 Operate (machinery) by a treadle.
Treadmill (n.) 踏車；繁重的工作；令人厭倦的工作；（運動使用的）跑步機 A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
Treadmill (n.) An exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place.
Treadmill (n.) A mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps [syn: treadmill, treadwheel, tread-wheel].
Treadmill (n.) A job involving drudgery and confinement [syn: treadmill, salt mine].
Tread-softly (n.) (Bot.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
Tread-softly (n.) A stinging herb of tropical America [syn: spurge nettle, tread-softly, devil nettle, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosus].
Treadwheel (n.) 踏車 A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
Treadwheel (n.) A mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps [syn: treadmill, treadwheel, tread-wheel].
Treague (n.) A truce.
Treason (n.) 叛逆；叛國；背義；背信 The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.
Treason (n.) [ U ] (The crime of) 叛國（罪）Showing no loyalty to your country, especially by helping its enemies or trying to defeat its government.
// In 1606 Guy Fawkes was executed for treason.
Treasonable (a.) 叛逆的，謀叛的，不忠的 Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the crime of treason, or partaking of its guilt.
Treasonous (a.) 叛逆的; 不忠的; 背信的 Treasonable.
Treasure (n.) 寶物，財富 Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.
Treasure (n.) A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty.
Treasure (n.) That which is very much valued.
Treasured (imp. & p. p.) of Treasure.
Treasuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Treasure.
Treasure (v. t.) 珍愛，重視，密藏 To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.
Treasure-house (n.) A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
Treasurer (n.) 會計，出納員，司庫 One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.
Treasurer (n.) [ C ] （機構的）司庫，會計，財務主管 A person who is responsible for an organization's money.
Treasurership (n.) 會計員之職 The office of treasurer.
Treasuress (n.) A woman who is a treasurer.
Treasuress (n.) (pl. - es) A female treasurer.
Treasure-trove (n.) Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.
Treasure trove (n.) A treasure trove of sth 豐富的…，…的寶庫 A place that is full of something good.
// A treasure trove of information.
// Though small, this museum is a veritable treasure trove of history.
Treasure trove (n.) [ C or U ] (UK) 無主寶藏；無主珍寶 A large amount of money or a large number of valuable objects found hidden somewhere and seeming to belong to no one.
// A Roman soldier's pay, found by a metal detector enthusiast in Norfolk, has been declared treasure trove.
Treasuries (n. pl. ) of Treasury.
Treasury (n.) 國庫，寶庫，國庫券，財政部 A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.
Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.