dread is that my parents vWH/ind out•我最担心的就是父

母会察觉出来。

clread-ed /'dredid/ (also formal dread) adj. [only before noun] causing fear 令人_怕的；可怕如：The cireaded moment hadfnaHy arrived...可怕.的刻终于来到了。. ◊ (humorous) Did I hear the dreaded word ‘homework’? 我是不是听到“家庭作业”这可怕的字眼了？

dread-ful /'dredfl/ adj. {especially Br£) 1 very bad or unpleasant糟糕透顶兩；分厌的；令入不快的：What dread_/iiZ weather/ 多么讨厌的天气！ ◊ What a dread_/i/Z thing to say/■话.说得太_听了！ ◊ Jt’s drea£Z_/i^ the wqy they treat their stai他们对‘雇员的方式糟糕透了 p ◊ How dread_/ii"矣讨厌啊！. ◊ Jane toofced dreat^Z (=looked ill or tired).简看上去脸色很不好。o note at terrible 2 [only, before noun] used to emphasize how bad sth is (强调糟糕的程度）极其的，极坏的HEl terrible ： She’s making a dread_/W mess 〇/thf/igs.她把 事情搞得一塌糊涂。◊      a介aid t/iere’s been a drea^/^Z

mistake.恐怕臭虫 T大错。3 [usually before noun] causing fear or suffering可怕令人畏惧的；使人痛苦的 CTITlterrible: a dread/l/丨 accident 可怕的事故◊ They steered dread_/W injuries•他们严重受伤。

dread-ful-ly/'dredfali/prfv. {especially Br£) 1 extremely; very much 极其；极端；非常：J’m dread/uHy sor?y•鉍 感到非常抱歉。O/m&youdread办Hy.我非常想念您。

2                  very badly糟糕地；厉害地；严重地：They suffered dreadjiuHy during the war.他们在战争中.遭受了,画太的 痛苦。

dreacMocks /丨dredluks; AM/7?£ -la:ks/ (also informal dreads /dredz/) noun [pi.] hair that is twisted into long thick pieces that hang down from the head, worn espe­cially by Rastafarians ( 尤指拉 斯塔法里教派成员蓄 的）“骇人”长发绺一picture o hair

dread-nought /'drednoit/ noun a type of ship used in war in the early 2Oth century ( 2〇 ti：纪初期的）无畏舰

dreaiTI /dri:m/ now", verfc

unoun 1 [C] a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep 梦；睡梦：

1 had a vivid dream about my old school # T ^ 非常逼真的梦，梦见了我的母校。thought someone came into the beciroom, but ft was jitst a dream•我述以 为有人进了卧室，结果只是一场梦。◊ ‘Goodnight. Sweet dreams.’ “晚安/祝你做个好梦。”一compare night­mare —see also wet dream 2 [C] a wish to have or be sth，especially one that seems difficult to achieve 梦 想；理想；愿望：Her dream was to be a/amous

writer.她的毕生愿望就感成为名作家。◊ He wanted fo be ric/i but ft was an impossiWe dream•他想发财，然而这 只是不可能实现的梦想。◊"■Twin, it wih be a dream come true.如果我贏了，那就是梦想成真。◊ She tried to turn her dream of running her own business into reality. 她努力实现经营自己企业的梦想。◊ a dream car/house/ job，etc.梦寐以求的汽车、房子、工作等〇JVe_/iimiHy /oimd the man 〇/my dreams•我终于找到了理想中的勇 人。.◊ a chance        a chiWhood dream 实现金

想的机会◊ was tie endo/aH my hopes and dreams.我 的# i和梦想全都破灭T。一 see also pipe dream

3                  [sing.] a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life 梦幻状态；恍 惚；出神：She waZfced around in a dream aU. day•她整 天都在梦游似的到处转悠。一see also DAYDREAM

4                  [sing] (informal) a beautiful or wonderful person or

thing梦一般美妙的人（或事物）；极美好的人（或事 物：77iat meaZ was an absolute dream.那顿饭真是 玉棒了。iT»TOl go/work like a 'dream 1 to work very well性能极佳；十分有效：My new car goes Hfce a dream. _ 尚新汽车性能知极了。2 to happen without problem' in the way that you had planned 毫无困难； 非常顺利'；完美 in your ’dreams    used to tell

sb that sth they are hoping for is not likely to happen 你妄想；你在M梦：Hi be a mcmager be/ore J’m 30.’"Tn your dreams/ “我要在30岁前当经理。”“你做梦。” like a bad 1 dream (of a situation 处境）so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true 噩梦Is：令人难以置信： In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed Kfce a bad dream.在大白天里，前2天夜里发生的事情就 像噩梦般令人难以置信c—moreatwiLDflfl[/.

a verb (dreamt, dreamt /dremt/) or (dreamed, dreamed) 1 ~ (of/about sb/sth) to experience a series of images,

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events and feelings in your mind while you are asleep 做梦；梦见：[V] Did J taWc in my sieep? J must have been dreaming.我谧知话了吗？我肯定是4做梦。〇 Jdreamt about you iast night.我昨晚梦见你 了。. ◊ [VN] Did it reaHy happen or did Ijust dream it?这是真的吗？.还是我 在做梦？ ◊ [V (that)] J dreamt (that/ / got the job.我梦见 .自己得到了ip份工#。2 〜（of/about sth) | ~ (of/about doing sth) to imagine and think about sth that you would like to happen 想象；梦想：i [V] She dreams 〇/ nmning her own business.她梦想自己 jf 令司。◊ Jt was the kind of trip most of us only dream about.这是 我们大多数人只能梦想的旅行。◊    了 wouZdn’t

dream of going without you (= I would never go without you).你不去，我绝对不会◊ [VN] Who’d have dreamt ft? They’re getting married 谁会.料到:？ 他们要结婚了。◊ [V (that)] J never dreamt (that) J’d cictu- ally get the扣b•我做梦也没想到会真的得到这份工作。

, dream sth a'way to waste time just thinking about things you would like to do without actually doing anything梦幻似的度过；在遐想中虚度,d rea m 'on [informal) you say dream on to tell sb that an idea is not practical or likely to happen 痴心妄.想，dream sth^'up (informal) to have an idea, especially a very unusual or silly one凭空想出，虚构出（尤指知诞不‘ 的事）■ 1 PCT71 think up： Trust you to dream up a crazy idea Wee this/你这个人就是会想出这种荒唐的主意来！ dream-boat /'driimbaut; NAmE -bout/ noun (old- /fls/?/oned，a man who is very attractive 富肴魅 力的男子；迷人的男子

dreamcatcher 捕梦网

dream-catch-er /'driimkaetja^)/ noun a ring contain­ing a decorated net, originally made by Native Americans, and thought to give its owner good dreams

捕梦网（最初由美洲土著制作的一种带装饰网兜的圆环， 据信能给#人^^来好梦）

dream-er /'dri:ma(r)/ noun 1 (sometimes disapproving) a person who has ideas or plans that are not practical or realist^梦想家；空想滅；不切实际的A 2 (usually disapproving) a person who does not pay attention to what is happening around them, but thinks about other things instead做白日梦的人；出神的人；神不守舍的人 3 a person who dreams 做梦的人Dreamers do not always remember their dreams.做梦的人并不’总能记住自 己的梦。

dream-land /'driimlaend/ noun [U] {especially BrE, disap­proving) a pleasant but not very realistic situation that only exists in your mind梦境；幻想世界；理想世界： You must be living in dreamland if you think hell change his mi/id.如果你认为他会改变主意那你一定是在做梦。 dream-less /'driimlas/ adj. (of sleep 睡眠）without dreams; deep and peaceful无知的；酣畅安宁尚 dream-like /'driimlaik/ adj. as if existing or happening in a dream似在梦中的；如梦的；梦幻（般）的 'dream team noun the best possible combination of people for a particular competition or activity 梦之队.； 最佳阵容；最佳组合