• n. 恐懼；可怕的人（或物）
• vi. 懼怕；擔心
• vt. 懼怕；擔心
• adj. 可怕的

縮寫自古英語ondraedan, 諫言，建議放棄，來自ond-, 相對，相反，詞源同anti-, -raedan, 建議，辯理，詞源同reason, read. 即勸阻，恐怖的結果，引申義恐懼，懼怕。

dread

dread: [12] Old English had the verb ondr?dan ‘fear’. Its first syllable is generally taken to be the prefix *and- ‘against’, which is related to German ent- ‘away, un-’ and Greek anti- (source of English anti-) and appears also in English answer. The second part, however, remains a mystery. There are one or two related forms in other West Germanic languages, such as Old High German intrātan, but where they come from has never been established satisfactorily. By the end of the Old English period this obsolete prefix had shrunk to a- (adread survived until around 1400), and in the 12th century it started to disappear altogether.

dread (v.)

late 12c., a shortening of Old English adr?dan, contraction of ondr?dan "counsel or advise against," also "to dread, fear, be afraid," from on- "against" + r?dan "to advise" (see read (v.)). Cognate of Old Saxon andradon, Old High German intraten. Related: Dreaded; dreading. As a noun from 12c.

1. I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be.

我不敢想象我們的電話費會有多少。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I've got to go home, but Lord knows I dread it.

我必須得回家了，不過是個人都知道我很怕回去。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The old dread knotted her stomach.

從前那些可怕的經歷讓她的心都揪緊了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.

我們都不敢去想一旦公司關門我們該怎么辦.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.

她極度恐懼的心理消除了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》