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dread

verb
/dred/
/dred/
Verb Forms
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/
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  1. to be very afraid of something; to fear that something bad is going to happen非常害怕；极为担心
    • dread something This was the moment he had been dreading.这是他一直最担心的时刻。
    • dread doing something I dread being sick.我特别害怕生病。
    • dread somebody doing something She dreads her husband finding out.她生怕丈夫察觉出来。
    • dread to do something I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.我不敢想象假如这儿真的发生火灾会是什么情景。
    • dread that… I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.我既希望又害怕他来。
    Extra Examples
    • He had always dreaded being singled out.他总是担心被单挑出来。
    • I have to go to the dentist tomorrow and I'm absolutely dreading it!明天我必须去看牙医，我真的非常害怕 !
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • absolutely
    • rather
    • always
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

dread

noun
/dred/
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  1. [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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • mortal
    • existential
    • …
    verb + dread
    • feel
    • have
    • live in
    • …
    preposition
    • in dread of
    • dread of
    phrases
    • a feeling of dread
    • a sense of dread
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  2. 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
    3. Word OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

dread

adjective
/dred/
/dred/
(formal)
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  1. dreaded (= causing fear)恐惧；令人惧怕的事物
    Word OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan.

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