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Definition of dread in English: dreadverb drɛddrɛd [with object]1Anticipate with great apprehension or fear. 畏惧，深惧，怕；不敢 Jane was dreading the party 简正在为参加那次聚会胆战心惊。 with infinitive I dread to think what Russell will say 我不敢去想拉塞尔会说些什么。 Example sentencesExamples - Over the next few days William dreaded every knock at the door fearing that it may be the police, that they had been recognised.
- And we dread to think how much money was paid to consultants to dream up this nonsense.
- The moment I had been dreading all week finally arrived - the hacks' party at Bute House.
- I fear that I will dread the same fears that burden me now.
- Mary was a religious zealot, whose bloody reign confirmed the worst fears of those who dreaded female rule.
- He likes the pound being strong - most of his business is in the UK, but he buys machinery from overseas so a strong pound helps - and he dreads the increased bureaucracy closer ties with Europe could bring.
- I would dread to think that a scene such as the one I witnessed at the age of twelve could happen in a playground now.
- If £7 represents ‘good value’ in the gloom of winter, I'd dread to think how they will value summer fare.
- If this were a regular occurrence I would dread to think of what effect it would have on me.
- If there's one thing any parent dreads it's the thought of their children being caught up in drugs.
- I had no chance to react and dread to think of the consequences had I been a few inches to the right hand side of the road.
- Her glance matched mine with apprehension, I dreaded what would come from her lips.
- I didn't know why, but for some reason I was dreading the dinner party the mistress was throwing on Saturday.
- We dread to think what the punishment for ‘breaking’ this law will be.
- The moment they had been dreading and anticipating was upon them and there was no way to avoid it now.
- Minorities, be they linguistic or religious, dread the assimilation as much as they fear exclusion.
- The rest of their mates looked on in apprehensive silence, dreading what would happen next.
- You may dread going, fearing that you'll wind up weeping in public.
- When I worked for the Labour Party we used to dread Easter week more than any other.
- She was filled with apprehension, dreading the near vertical drop.
Synonyms fear, be afraid of, worry about, be anxious about, have forebodings about, feel apprehensive about be terrified by, cower at, tremble/shudder at, cringe from, shrink from, quail from, flinch from informal have cold feet about, be in a blue funk about 2archaic Regard with great awe or reverence. 〈古〉敬畏 the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom Synonyms stand in awe of, regard with awe, revere, reverence, venerate, respect
noun drɛddrɛd 1mass noun Great fear or apprehension. 畏惧，恐惧 the thought of returning to London filled her with dread 一想到要回伦敦，她就忧心忡忡。 in singular I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons 我以前对星期五下午常有一种恐惧感。 Example sentencesExamples - This knowledge filled her with dread and excitement, fear and anticipation.
- In common with all politicians, he has a dread of winter elections.
- To the very degree that the countdown to his departure next summer seems, for years, to have be anticipated with a mix of fear and dread by the Celtic faithful.
- My stomach was a tight knot of dread, fear and something very close to the child-like terror I used to feel for the dark.
- He just wants to paralyze a nation, cause fear and panic and dread to become part of our everyday lives.
- Is the experience associated with fear, dread, or elation?
- Christy was filled with dread and fear, for she knew that if given the chance, Kevin would be true to his word.
- You can feel the fear, terror and dread emanating from her very subtle and realistic facial gestures.
- Terror is an aggravated form of fear: intense fear, fright or dread.
- Religion then consists in obeisance to these larger forces, to overcome our fear and dread of the future.
- Her expression changed to one of pure fear and dread.
- Almost two years of apprehension, vague dread, and sheer frustration may be what ultimately gets the ball rolling again.
- It is the strength of this desire that breeds his morbid dread of humiliation.
- Apathy, fear, dread of moving on - all these things are components that contribute to this current approach of mine to writing this thesis.
- Immigration officers fill me with fear and dread.
- Panic, fear and dread take turns punching you in the solar plexus.
- Every scientist held an air of great anxiety and anticipation, yet also of fear, dread, and horror as they worked.
- And of course, revolution is coached in freedom or change, while terrorism is intended to instill fear and evoke dread.
- However each disorder is bonded to the other disorders by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread.
- And it's praying for the other captives and other families who are living in fear and dread.
- I made a cup of coffee instead and quietly surfed through my daily blogs until that feeling of dread and apprehension began to fade.
- We, as outsiders, do not know if they fought over this, if tears were shed, if threats were made, if their nights were filled with worry and dread.
Synonyms fear, fearfulness, apprehension, trepidation, anxiety, worry, concern, foreboding, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness, angst fright, panic, alarm terror, horror, trembling, shuddering, flinching informal the jitters, a blue funk, the heebie-jeebies 2A sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds. （鸥鸟等鸟群的）惊飞，惊起 flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads 3informal A person with dreadlocks. 〈非正式〉将头发编成“骇人”发型的人 the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike 将头发梳成“骇人”发型的人和光头仔都喜欢这支乐队。 Example sentencesExamples - Don't even think for a minute that the Rastafarians are only in the business of making mats and brooms… you ever see a fat dread yet?
- Black, white, gay, straight, punks, dreads, skinheads, boys and girls, we had totally connected with militant anti-racist youth.
- 3.1dreads Dreadlocks.
同DREADLOCKS Lyon combed his fingers through Curtis' dreads Example sentencesExamples - She is plaiting Duck's hair into dreads for the performance and laughing and joking, playing around on the lighting deck.
- Charli is my favourite and probably dates someone with dreads.
- And on the subject of my hair, well Ace said it was ‘disgusting’ and that I looked like even more of a hippy with the shaved back and sides than I did with all the dreads.
- He wanted me to cut my dreads, for instance, and I was always in the back row.
- It seems that uni's a short interim period where you can grow your mullet long, propagate a fine crop of dreads, and hold generally left-wing opinions if that's your bag.
- ‘A pretty girl like you shouldn't be sitting all by herself,’ a tall guy with light brown hair done up in dreads said, looking down at me.
- We did our hair up in braids 'cause they had dreads, and would always rock the black hoodies and all that.
- Part of the style in the photo seems to be using an oversize cap, but that may just be necessary because of the dreads.
- I had dreads for five years and long hair for most of my life, and you hold everything in them, like emotionally and spiritually - in the locks.
- P had dirty blonde dreads, shocking front teeth, and a scabby old dog which gave us all scabies.
- He never speaks (or at least hasn't in my company), and despite his bum-length dreads and army wear, seems to blend quite easily into the blur of Ednburgh life.
- Most of the people were college students, their Mohawks, pixie-cuts, dreads, just bobbing in anticipation of being with more teenagers.
- We get a mixture of folk at our gigs from crusty punks with dreads to spiky tops in studded jackets and good anti-fascist skins and we don't judge anyone on their appearance - they are all welcome.
- He then proceeded to cut off all my dreads until I was left with messy short blondish hair with brown roots.
- I was the crazy one with dreads who showed you some pictures on a digital camera.
- After the takeover, he began growing dreadlocks; five months later, they are still baby dreads, but as his exile lengthens, so do the tendrils.
- He walked over to a scary looking guy with a ponytail who was talking to another semi-intimidating guy with dreads.
- He re-tied his dreads in a loose ponytail, which flopped over his left shoulder.
- When I put mine in dreads, it was long and wavy and a little frizzy.
- Lose the Iverson braids and shoulder-length dreads.
adjective drɛddrɛd 1attributive Greatly feared; dreadful. 令人惧怕的；可怕的 he was stricken with the dread disease and died 他患上了那种可怕的疾病后死去了。 Example sentencesExamples - During the 15th century, a parasite in the wheat was causing a dread disease for which there was no cure.
- In other words, men face a 70% higher risk of dying from this dread disease.
- Under this same heading, the so-called dread disease cover also is an important benefit one can add to a conventional life assurance policy.
- However, when he arrived he had the dread symptoms of the disease.
- Advances in medicine are increasing life expectancy and diseases which are dread killers today will be curable tomorrow.
- If we can safely deliver ourselves and our descendants from certain dread diseases, we should probably do so.
- A Caucasian Chalk Circle for our own age, it begins with the howl of death mingled with dread despair and ends with an act of terrible tenderness.
- Second, compassion for gross suffering compels us to continue investigating genetic therapy for dread diseases.
- While he may have settled into what we may define a ‘normal’ life, he forever lives in the dread fear that one day, he may wake up to find the fruit bandit has struck again.
- By 1957, another dread disease was all but conquered: acute anterior poliomyelitis, which might cripple for life those it did not kill.
- I thought it was her nature, but when she got over the dread disease she had brought into the home… her true nature came out.
- With the air-conditioning switched off, it was becoming hot and stuffy in the confined cabin space, and only there did I really begin to feel the dread hand of fear.
- People still shrink from the terrible word cancer, even if they themselves have not been diagnosed with this dread disease.
- Medicine had conquered the dread infectious diseases that once cut swathes through entire populations.
- Aging aside, lifestyle will go a long way toward determining whether you'll succumb to this dread disease.
- He met the prognosis head on - and won his fight against the dread disease.
- Somehow I think that if there was a war on, this dread disease could be cured with remarkable ease.
- If you're ready to live like a hermit for a while, you'll probably not be unlucky enough to catch the dread disease before it becomes widely known.
- While the world has been saved from epidemics of dread diseases, some of today's children are being sacrificed.
- We still suggest woolen hoods for the Fourth of July picnics, but you can open a window now without fear of dread contagion.
Synonyms awful, feared, frightening, alarming, terrifying, frightful, terrible, horrible, dreadful, dire dreaded, awesome 2archaic attributive Regarded with awe; greatly revered. 〈古〉敬畏 that dread being we dare oppose 我们敢于反对的那个可怕的人。 Synonyms awe-inspiring, awesome, impressive, amazing
OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan. The original word for ‘to fear greatly, regard with awe’ was adread, shortened to dread in the Middle Ages. Among Rastafarians, members of the Jamaican cult that believes Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was the Messiah, dread is dread of the Lord, and more generally a deep-rooted sense of alienation from contemporary society. Rastafarians wear dreadlocks, a hairstyle in which the hair is washed but not combed, and twisted while wet into tight braids. Dreadlocks are sometimes simply dreads. These uses were originally Jamaican, but came to wider attention in 1974 in ‘Natty Dread’, a song performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. See also natty. The most familiar dreadnought is a type of large, fast battleship equipped with large-calibre guns, the first of which, HMS Dreadnought, was launched in 1906. But before that, in the early 19th century, a dreadnought was a very warm coat worn in cold weather, or a fearless person.
Rhymesabed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed Definition of dread in US English: dreadverbdreddrɛd [with object]1Anticipate with great apprehension or fear. 畏惧，深惧，怕；不敢 Jane was dreading the party 简正在为参加那次聚会胆战心惊。 with infinitive I dread to think what Russell will say 我不敢去想拉塞尔会说些什么。 Example sentencesExamples - You may dread going, fearing that you'll wind up weeping in public.
- The rest of their mates looked on in apprehensive silence, dreading what would happen next.
- The moment I had been dreading all week finally arrived - the hacks' party at Bute House.
- And we dread to think how much money was paid to consultants to dream up this nonsense.
- If £7 represents ‘good value’ in the gloom of winter, I'd dread to think how they will value summer fare.
- She was filled with apprehension, dreading the near vertical drop.
- I would dread to think that a scene such as the one I witnessed at the age of twelve could happen in a playground now.
- He likes the pound being strong - most of his business is in the UK, but he buys machinery from overseas so a strong pound helps - and he dreads the increased bureaucracy closer ties with Europe could bring.
- Over the next few days William dreaded every knock at the door fearing that it may be the police, that they had been recognised.
- If there's one thing any parent dreads it's the thought of their children being caught up in drugs.
- I didn't know why, but for some reason I was dreading the dinner party the mistress was throwing on Saturday.
- If this were a regular occurrence I would dread to think of what effect it would have on me.
- Her glance matched mine with apprehension, I dreaded what would come from her lips.
- Mary was a religious zealot, whose bloody reign confirmed the worst fears of those who dreaded female rule.
- I had no chance to react and dread to think of the consequences had I been a few inches to the right hand side of the road.
- The moment they had been dreading and anticipating was upon them and there was no way to avoid it now.
- Minorities, be they linguistic or religious, dread the assimilation as much as they fear exclusion.
- I fear that I will dread the same fears that burden me now.
- We dread to think what the punishment for ‘breaking’ this law will be.
- When I worked for the Labour Party we used to dread Easter week more than any other.
Synonyms fear, be afraid of, worry about, be anxious about, have forebodings about, feel apprehensive about - 1.1archaic Regard with great awe or reverence.
〈古〉敬畏 Synonyms stand in awe of, regard with awe, revere, reverence, venerate, respect
noundreddrɛd 1Great fear or apprehension. 畏惧，恐惧 the thought of returning to New Jersey filled her with dread 一想到要回伦敦，她就忧心忡忡。 in singular I used to have a dread of Sunday afternoons 我以前对星期五下午常有一种恐惧感。 Example sentencesExamples - Her expression changed to one of pure fear and dread.
- Every scientist held an air of great anxiety and anticipation, yet also of fear, dread, and horror as they worked.
- In common with all politicians, he has a dread of winter elections.
- It is the strength of this desire that breeds his morbid dread of humiliation.
- You can feel the fear, terror and dread emanating from her very subtle and realistic facial gestures.
- And of course, revolution is coached in freedom or change, while terrorism is intended to instill fear and evoke dread.
- We, as outsiders, do not know if they fought over this, if tears were shed, if threats were made, if their nights were filled with worry and dread.
- This knowledge filled her with dread and excitement, fear and anticipation.
- I made a cup of coffee instead and quietly surfed through my daily blogs until that feeling of dread and apprehension began to fade.
- To the very degree that the countdown to his departure next summer seems, for years, to have be anticipated with a mix of fear and dread by the Celtic faithful.
- Religion then consists in obeisance to these larger forces, to overcome our fear and dread of the future.
- And it's praying for the other captives and other families who are living in fear and dread.
- Immigration officers fill me with fear and dread.
- Panic, fear and dread take turns punching you in the solar plexus.
- However each disorder is bonded to the other disorders by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread.
- Apathy, fear, dread of moving on - all these things are components that contribute to this current approach of mine to writing this thesis.
- Terror is an aggravated form of fear: intense fear, fright or dread.
- Almost two years of apprehension, vague dread, and sheer frustration may be what ultimately gets the ball rolling again.
- Is the experience associated with fear, dread, or elation?
- My stomach was a tight knot of dread, fear and something very close to the child-like terror I used to feel for the dark.
- Christy was filled with dread and fear, for she knew that if given the chance, Kevin would be true to his word.
- He just wants to paralyze a nation, cause fear and panic and dread to become part of our everyday lives.
Synonyms fear, fearfulness, apprehension, trepidation, anxiety, worry, concern, foreboding, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness, angst 2informal A person with dreadlocks. 〈非正式〉将头发编成“骇人”发型的人 Example sentencesExamples - Don't even think for a minute that the Rastafarians are only in the business of making mats and brooms… you ever see a fat dread yet?
- Black, white, gay, straight, punks, dreads, skinheads, boys and girls, we had totally connected with militant anti-racist youth.
- 2.1dreads Dreadlocks.
同DREADLOCKS Example sentencesExamples - P had dirty blonde dreads, shocking front teeth, and a scabby old dog which gave us all scabies.
- It seems that uni's a short interim period where you can grow your mullet long, propagate a fine crop of dreads, and hold generally left-wing opinions if that's your bag.
- He wanted me to cut my dreads, for instance, and I was always in the back row.
- He then proceeded to cut off all my dreads until I was left with messy short blondish hair with brown roots.
- After the takeover, he began growing dreadlocks; five months later, they are still baby dreads, but as his exile lengthens, so do the tendrils.
- ‘A pretty girl like you shouldn't be sitting all by herself,’ a tall guy with light brown hair done up in dreads said, looking down at me.
- I was the crazy one with dreads who showed you some pictures on a digital camera.
- And on the subject of my hair, well Ace said it was ‘disgusting’ and that I looked like even more of a hippy with the shaved back and sides than I did with all the dreads.
- Lose the Iverson braids and shoulder-length dreads.
- Part of the style in the photo seems to be using an oversize cap, but that may just be necessary because of the dreads.
- Most of the people were college students, their Mohawks, pixie-cuts, dreads, just bobbing in anticipation of being with more teenagers.
- Charli is my favourite and probably dates someone with dreads.
- We get a mixture of folk at our gigs from crusty punks with dreads to spiky tops in studded jackets and good anti-fascist skins and we don't judge anyone on their appearance - they are all welcome.
- I had dreads for five years and long hair for most of my life, and you hold everything in them, like emotionally and spiritually - in the locks.
- He re-tied his dreads in a loose ponytail, which flopped over his left shoulder.
- He never speaks (or at least hasn't in my company), and despite his bum-length dreads and army wear, seems to blend quite easily into the blur of Ednburgh life.
- When I put mine in dreads, it was long and wavy and a little frizzy.
- We did our hair up in braids 'cause they had dreads, and would always rock the black hoodies and all that.
- She is plaiting Duck's hair into dreads for the performance and laughing and joking, playing around on the lighting deck.
- He walked over to a scary looking guy with a ponytail who was talking to another semi-intimidating guy with dreads.
adjectivedreddrɛd 1attributive Greatly feared; dreadful. 令人惧怕的；可怕的 he was stricken with the dread disease and died 他患上了那种可怕的疾病后死去了。 Example sentencesExamples - A Caucasian Chalk Circle for our own age, it begins with the howl of death mingled with dread despair and ends with an act of terrible tenderness.
- With the air-conditioning switched off, it was becoming hot and stuffy in the confined cabin space, and only there did I really begin to feel the dread hand of fear.
- While he may have settled into what we may define a ‘normal’ life, he forever lives in the dread fear that one day, he may wake up to find the fruit bandit has struck again.
- While the world has been saved from epidemics of dread diseases, some of today's children are being sacrificed.
- Somehow I think that if there was a war on, this dread disease could be cured with remarkable ease.
- He met the prognosis head on - and won his fight against the dread disease.
- Under this same heading, the so-called dread disease cover also is an important benefit one can add to a conventional life assurance policy.
- During the 15th century, a parasite in the wheat was causing a dread disease for which there was no cure.
- I thought it was her nature, but when she got over the dread disease she had brought into the home… her true nature came out.
- Aging aside, lifestyle will go a long way toward determining whether you'll succumb to this dread disease.
- Second, compassion for gross suffering compels us to continue investigating genetic therapy for dread diseases.
- We still suggest woolen hoods for the Fourth of July picnics, but you can open a window now without fear of dread contagion.
- People still shrink from the terrible word cancer, even if they themselves have not been diagnosed with this dread disease.
- However, when he arrived he had the dread symptoms of the disease.
- If you're ready to live like a hermit for a while, you'll probably not be unlucky enough to catch the dread disease before it becomes widely known.
- Medicine had conquered the dread infectious diseases that once cut swathes through entire populations.
- In other words, men face a 70% higher risk of dying from this dread disease.
- By 1957, another dread disease was all but conquered: acute anterior poliomyelitis, which might cripple for life those it did not kill.
- If we can safely deliver ourselves and our descendants from certain dread diseases, we should probably do so.
- Advances in medicine are increasing life expectancy and diseases which are dread killers today will be curable tomorrow.
Synonyms awful, feared, frightening, alarming, terrifying, frightful, terrible, horrible, dreadful, dire - 1.1archaic Regarded with awe; greatly revered.
〈古〉敬畏 that dread being we dare oppose 我们敢于反对的那个可怕的人。 Synonyms awe-inspiring, awesome, impressive, amazing
OriginOld English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan. |