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1. Oxford Dictionary

   dread

   • IPA[drɛd]

   英式

   • v.
     anticipate with great apprehension or fear；regard with great awe or reverence
   • n.
     great fear or apprehension；a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds
   • adj.
     greatly feared; dreadful；regarded with awe; greatly revered

   • verb: dread, 3rd person present: dreads, gerund or present participle: dreading, past tense: dreaded, past participle: dreaded

   • noun: dread, plural noun: dreads

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear Jane was dreading the party I dread to think what Russell will say
   • 2. archaic regard with great awe or reverence the man whom Henry dreaded as the future champion of English freedom

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. great fear or apprehension the thought of returning to London filled her with dread I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons
   • 2. a sudden take-off and flight of a flock of gulls or other birds flocks of wood sandpiper, often excitable, noisy, and given to dreads
   • 3. informal a person with dreadlocks the band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike
   • ▪ dreadlocks Lyon combed his fingers through Curtis' dreads

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. greatly feared; dreadful he was stricken with the dread disease and died
   • 2. archaic regarded with awe; greatly revered that dread being we dare oppose