dread
- IPA[drɛd]
英式
- anticipate with great apprehension or fear；regard with great awe or reverence
- great fear or apprehension；a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds
- greatly feared; dreadful；regarded with awe; greatly revered
verb: dread, 3rd person present: dreads, gerund or present participle: dreading, past tense: dreaded, past participle: dreaded
noun: dread, plural noun: dreads
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動詞
- 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear Jane was dreading the party I dread to think what Russell will say
- 2. archaic regard with great awe or reverence the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom
名詞
- 1. great fear or apprehension the thought of returning to London filled her with dread I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons
- 2. a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads
- 3. informal a person with dreadlocks the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike
- ▪ dreadlocks Lyon combed his fingers through Curtis' dreads
形容詞
- 1. greatly feared; dreadful he was stricken with the dread disease and died
- 2. archaic regarded with awe; greatly revered that dread being we dare oppose
- regarded with great fear or apprehension: the dreaded news came that Joe had been wounded the dreaded fax machine
Oxford American Dictionary
- regarded with great fear or apprehension: the dreaded news came that Joe had been wounded the dreaded fax machine
Oxford Dictionary
- (among Rastafarians) a Rastafarian, typically a man with dreadlocks.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[dred]
美式
- anticipate with great apprehension or fear: Jane was dreading the party I dread to think what Russell will say
- great fear or apprehension: the thought of returning to New Jersey filled her with dread I used to have a dread of Sunday afternoons
- greatly feared; dreadful: he was stricken with the dread disease and died
Oxford American Dictionary
