dread

verb

/dred/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they dread	/dred/ /dred/
he / she / it dreads	/dredz/ /dredz/
past simple dreaded	/ˈdredɪd/ /ˈdredɪd/
past participle dreaded	/ˈdredɪd/ /ˈdredɪd/
-ing form dreading	/ˈdredɪŋ/ /ˈdredɪŋ/

noun

/dred/

[uncountable, countable, usually singular] a feeling of great fear about something that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling恐惧；令人惧怕的事物
- The prospect of growing old fills me with dread.想到人会一天天老下去便使我充满恐惧。
- She has an irrational dread of hospitals.她对医院有莫名的恐惧。
- The committee members live in dread of (= are always worried about) anything that may cause a scandal.委员会成员整天提心吊胆，生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。
- My greatest dread is that my parents will find out.我最担心的就是父母会察觉出来。
- the dread she felt at the thought of meeting him again一想起要再见他她就感到的恐惧
- He lived in constant dread that one day he might be found out.他一直生活在恐惧之中，担心总有一天会被发现。
Topics Feelingsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- mortal
- existential
- …
verb + dread
- feel
- have
- live in
- …
preposition
- in dread of
- dread of
phrases
- a feeling of dread
- a sense of dread
dreads
[plural] (informal) dreadlocks (= hair that is twisted into long thick pieces that hang down from the head, worn especially by Rastafarians)（尤指拉斯塔法里教派成员蓄的）长发绺，脏辫

词源Old English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

adjective

/dred/

(formal)

dreaded (= causing fear)恐惧；令人惧怕的事物
词源Old English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

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