wade

The lake was not frozen sufficiently to bear her; neither was it open, nor low enough that she could wade through it; and across it she must go if she would find her child!

湖上还没有足够的厚冰可以托住她，但是水又不够浅，她不能涉水走过去。 不过，假如她要找到她的孩子的话，她必须走过这个湖。