英:[ˈdredɪd]
美:[ ˈdredɪd]
英:[ˈdredɪd]
美:[ ˈdredɪd]
adj.
令人畏惧的
害怕的
v.
害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)
词根:dread
adj.dread 可怕的
dreadful 可怕的;糟透的,令人不快的
adv.dreadfully 可怕地;极其
n.dread 恐惧;可怕的人(或物)
dreadnaught 厚呢;庞然大物;无所畏惧的人
vi.dread 惧怕;担心
vt.dread 惧怕;担心
verb
transitive verb
to fear greatly a dreaded disease
can't swim and dreads the water
archaic to regard with awe
to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face dreaded telling him the truth dread the thought of speaking in public
dread the future
intransitive verb
to be apprehensive or fearful
dread not
noun
great fear especially in the face of impending evil
were filled with dread by reports of another terrorist attack
extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect (see prospect entry 1 sense 4c)
dread of a social blunder
archaic awe
one causing fear or awe
the days of wooden ships and wooden homes, when fire was an omnipresent dread—F. W. Saunders
dreadlock sense 1
trimming each dread
dreads plural dreadlock sense 2
looked great in dreads
adjective
causing great fear or anxiety
dread diseases
inspiring awe
our dread king
dread lord暗黑之主(游戏中任务名称)
Verb, Noun, and Adjective Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan
The first known use of dread was before the 12th century
dread1 of 3verb
to fear greatly
to be very unwilling to meet or face
dread2 of 3noun
great fear especially in the face of approaching harm
archaic awe entry 1
one causing fear or awe
dread3 of 3adjective
causing great fear or anxiety
a dread disease
1 Travelers typically unbothered at the prospect of flying now have reason to dread a trip by plane: since the beginning of the year, a string of alarming incidents that involve Boeing‘s 737 Max models have shaken the public’s faith in the the company’s aircraft.
2 But for all that I was free to travel, I dreaded going out of the house.
3 I could go to the journalism room and see Jenna, but I dreaded telling her what was going on with Audrey.
4 She knocked on the door of the dreaded private study.
5 She awaited her punishment with dread.
6 Though unhappily married, she dreaded divorce.
尽管她的婚姻很不幸,但是她不愿意离婚。
7 “Stuart—” I swallow, ready myself for the dreaded question.
8 Mama had already set up the dreaded frame of branches and there were strings of hide nearby that she would use to tie the skin up tight so that it could be worked.
9 He dreaded telling her the truth.
他害怕把真相告诉她.
10 The automaton was heavy and in several pieces, but he picked it up and, not having anywhere else to go, returned to the dreaded station.
11 “Trujillo is the law,” Papa whispered, as we all did nowadays when we pronounced the dreaded name.
12 She dreaded going on the river, but she was ready for it, too.
13 How I dreaded those long 9 a.m. elevator rides.
我有多么害怕早上9点那些搭电梯的人。
14 I pass the low concrete building that brings back the feeling of the teacher’s sharp fingernails and the dreaded smell of chalk dust.
15 On that dreaded day, Lupita told herself, she would go out of the park and beg.
16 It was smallpox, the most dreaded disease of all.
17 Each day after school I dreaded their ambush.
18 But that was just as well, because all day long I dreaded dealing with Zed, even though the rest of the team had done their bits during the day.
19 The colonel dreaded his dank lonely nights at his farmhouse and the dull, uneventful days.
20 Mixed with air in proper proportions, methane becomes the dreaded “fire damp” of coal mines.
2 畏惧的
3 令人害怕的
4 敬畏的
5 恐怖的
scary sick terrible horrible awful horrific fearful horrendous gruesome horrid ghastly macabre
6 令人担心的
8 畏惧
9 令人害怕
12 可怕的
terrible tremendous horrible awful terrific dread horrific Gothic fearful formidable dreadful monstrous fell gruesome horrid fearsome unholy ghastly lurid redoubtable direful eldritch sick hairy macabre grisly
14 令人忧虑的