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    Dreaded describes something that makes you afraid or anxious — the thing you would rather not face. Though actually, in everyday English it is very often a small joke: “the dreaded Monday morning,” “the dreaded phone call from Mum.” The speaker is not truly terrified; they are making a warm fuss about something awkward or . Without that playful tone it can still be serious: a dreaded disease, a dreaded exam. It is the adjective from dread, to feel great fear.

    可怕的、令人擔心的(常是開玩笑的說法)

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組成dread (great fear, or to feel that fear) + -ed (the adjective: causing that feeling, or marked by it).

同家族的字

  • dreadthe fear, or the verb; dreaded is the adjective from it
  • dreadfulshares dread; dreadful means very bad or causing dread

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dreadedadj/ˈdɹɛ.dɪd/

  • 1

    Causing fear, dread, or terror.

    • I have got the dreaded flu.
    • Young and old a dreaded lot/In knots our rivals tied.
  • 2

    Having or wearing dreadlocks.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。