Word · Frequency #8728
dreader
/dred/
adjective
可怕的；令人恐惧的
dreader is the comparative of dread.
causing great fear or terror; greatly feared
- 1.
Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
可怕的
- 2.
causing fear or dread or terror
引起恐惧或恐慌的
可怕的；引起恐惧或恐慌的；可怖的
In use
The dread moment of the exam finally arrived.
She felt a dread sense of loneliness when she moved to a new city.
The sound of the alarm filled the room with a dread atmosphere.
the dread presence of the headmaster
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
Connections
Collocations
- dread disease
- 可怕的疾病
- The documentary follows patients struggling with a dread disease.这部纪录片跟拍了与可怕的疾病作斗争的病人。
- dread lord
- 令人畏惧的领主
- The villagers trembled before their dread lord.村民们在令人畏惧的领主面前瑟瑟发抖。
- dread specter
- 可怕的幽灵
- The dread specter of war haunted the negotiations.战争的可怖幽灵笼罩着谈判。
- dread silence
- 令人恐惧的寂静
- A dread silence fell over the crowd as the verdict was read.宣读判决时，人群中陷入一片令人恐惧的寂静。
Pop culture & quotes
- I am the Dread Pirate Roberts.
- 我是恐怖海盗罗伯茨。In The Princess Bride, Westley uses the alias "the Dread Pirate Roberts".在电影《公主新娘》中，韦斯利使用代号“恐怖海盗罗伯茨”。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住：dread 中含有 red（红色），红色警报令人恐惧。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：poetry、formal prose dread 作形容词时通常带有书面或文学语体色彩，多用于诗歌、小说或较正式的叙述；日常口语中较少单独使用。常见于 a dread disease 这类比较正式的搭配，使用时需留意文体是否合适。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 dread 的读音押韵：-ead 拼写读 /-ɛd/（dead, head, bread, thread），另有 red（-ed）和 said（-aid）也读 /-ɛd/。注意：拼写相似的 bead /biːd/、plead /pliːd/、read 现在时 /riːd/ 都读 /-iːd/，不押韵；lead 作名词「铅」读 /lɛd/ 押韵，但作动词「带领」读 /liːd/ 不押韵；read 的过去式 /rɛd/ 押韵。
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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