Word · Frequency #8728
dread
恐惧；畏惧；担忧
great fear or apprehension about something bad that may happen; fearful expectation
- 1.
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
对即将到来的危险的巨大恐惧
- 2.
fearful expectation or anticipation
可怕的期待或预期
- 3.
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
敬畏
- 4.
Somebody or something dreaded.
令人恐惧的人或事物
- 5.
A Rastafarian.
拉斯塔法里教徒
敬畏；令人恐惧的人（或事物）；拉斯塔法里教徒；对即将到来的危险的巨大恐惧；可怕的期待或预期
In use
The thought of the exam filled her with dread.
He has a dread of public speaking.
The dark alley was one of her greatest dreads.
dread of + noun/gerund
She has a dread of heights.
她害怕高度。
in dread of + noun/gerund
They lived in dread of being discovered.
他们生活在害怕被发现的恐惧中。
with dread
通常修饰动词如 face, look, think 等。
He faced the exam with dread.
他怀着恐惧面对考试。
Connections
Collocations
- dread of
- 对……的恐惧
- His dread of public speaking made him avoid conferences.他对公开演讲的恐惧使他回避会议。
- in dread of
- 处于对……的恐惧中
- The villagers were in dread of the approaching storm.村民们对即将到来的风暴感到恐惧。
- fill someone with dread
- 使某人充满恐惧
- The thought of the exam filled her with dread.一想到考试，她就充满恐惧。
- a sense of dread
- 一种恐惧感
- He felt a sudden sense of dread as he entered the empty house.走进空房子时，他突然感到一种恐惧感。
- live in dread
- 长期生活在恐惧中
- They live in dread that the disease will return.他们长期生活在疾病会复发的恐惧中。
- dread of the unknown
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：dead（死）的 d 后加 r 变成 dread，对死亡的极度恐惧。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：personal conversations、essays and news articles、literary narrative dread 作名词表示“恐惧、担忧”时，正式书面语和日常口语都会使用，多用于强调对即将发生之事的强烈不安；日常对话中若只是表达一般的害怕，更常用 fear 或 be afraid of。
Grammar Note
常用 dread of (doing) sth 结构
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词（dead /dɛd/, head /hɛd/, bread /brɛd/, thread /θrɛd/, spread /sprɛd/, bed /bɛd/）都与 dread /drɛd/ 押韵，且大多沿用 ead 拼写中 ea 读 /ɛ/ 的规律。注意：read（现在式 /riːd/）和 lead（“带领”时 /liːd/）拼写很像，但不押韵；read 的过去式 /rɛd/ 和 lead（金属）的 /lɛd/ 才与 dread 同韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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