Dread

(v. t.) To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

(v. i.) To be in dread, or great fear.

(n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

(n.) Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

(n.) An object of terrified apprehension.

(n.) A person highly revered.

(n.) Fury; dreadfulness.

(n.) Doubt; as, out of dread.

(a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

(a.) Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.

校对:卢瑟

• I almost dread to-morrow--so much depends on my discretion and self-control. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I trust the former, answered her father hopefully; but I dread the latter. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He is here,' said Louisa, with dread. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He has been idling all this term, and he must look forward with dread to the examination. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Or could Bertha--the dread alternative sprang on her suddenly--could Bertha, left to herself, have gone ashore to rejoin him? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The springs of my life fell low, and the shuddering of an unutterable dread crept over me from head to foot. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Apprehension means dread of undesirable consequences, as well as intellectual grasp. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He dreaded to hear that something had been said to Mary--he felt as if he were listening to a threat rather than a warning. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I don't know what I thought, or what I dreaded. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I had dreaded this from the firSt. I would have prevented it, if she had allowed me the smallest chance of doing so. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• For to desire is better than to possess, the finality of the end was dreaded as deeply as it was desired. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Yet I dreaded to witness the anguish which my resolve might excite in Idris. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• All he feared and dreaded was that the vile jargon should come to him by itself, in spite of all he could do to prevent it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Fear overcame me; I dared not advance, dreading a thousand nameless evils that made me tremble, although I was unable to define them. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Or the leader of a Free Company, answered the Templar, from dreading at the hands of a comrade and friend, the injustice he does to all mankind. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In the Southern States, culture among the negroes is openly deplored, and I do not blame any patriarch for dreading the education of women. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I need not say that I had my own reasons for dreading his coming: but come he did at last. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• On this occasion I went, dreading the worst, to his dwelling, to see if I could be of any service to those of his family who might have survived. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I know too well, as his grave figure passes onward, what he seeks, and what he dreads. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• You _are_ afraid--your self-love dreads a blunder. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm, which beats upon me from every side. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He dreads me alive as an enemy, and dead he fears my avengers. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She feels caught, hemmed in; she dreads her unexpected presence may annoy him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He grows so tired of that unceasing question sometimes, that he dreads to show us any thing at all. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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