verb [vt. 及物动词] 畏惧，担心；<古>敬畏
I dreaded coming back, to be honest. 老实说，我很害怕回来。
noun [抽象名词] 害怕，畏惧；令人生畏的人，可怕的事物；（鸥鸟等鸟群的）惊飞，惊起；<英，非正式>将头发编成“骇人”发型的人，拉斯塔法里派成员
Dread is a feeling of great anxiety and fear about something that may happen. 忧虑; 恐惧
adjective [原级] 令人生畏的，可怕的；恼火的，生气的
If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant. 不敢想
- dread 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 29 Funny or not? dread 动词: 惧怕
- Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?
d ＋ read(读书) → 很多学生害怕读书 → 担忧
v./n. 害怕
dread doing sth. 害怕做某事
- I dread being sick.
- He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
live in dread of ... 一直害怕sth.
- The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.
- We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. NCE3-54