dread is that my parents will find out.

dread ed /'dredid/ (also formal dread) adj. [only before noun] causing fear ^ A#ft ; #1$ (Hi: The dreaded moment had finally arrived.     'J^XX^JTo 0

(humorous) Did I hear the dreaded word ‘homework’?

dreadful /’dredfl/ adj. (especially Br£) 1 very bad or unpleasant       What

dreadful weather!      0 What a dreadful

thing to say! iS A 5*1 n/r T ! 0 It’s dreadful the way they treat their staff, life f ] M # J& M W X A ft Hit 7 *,

0                  How dreadful! ^ i4 JA &H ! o Jane looked dreadful (= looked ill or tired). ftilrXAI&felltXEo o note at terrible 2 [only before noun] used to emphasize how badsthis ( MMUlftllJt ) Mitt, Mitt EEC! terrible: She’s making a dreadful mess of things. MIC

♦'I#lil#      iS$l]}&o 0 I’m afraid there’s been a dreadful

mistake. iSfg j§di TAla 0 3 [usually before noun] causing fear or suffering nJttW; A IS # tt ; {£ A IS ^ tt PCT71 terrible : a dreadful accident nj W W- 0 They

suffered dreadful injuries. o

dread ful ly /'dredfali/ adv. (especially BrE) 1 extremely; very much ® ^® ^; X #: I’m dreadfully sorry. IS liflJXtl&iX 0 1 miss you dreadfully.

2                  very badly       JP? ®        ; f li: They suffered

dreadfully during the war. Ilk {[] % ^ % 4 if        A W

dread-locks /'dredlnks; NAmE -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 ( A ft &|fr ifc & M He M M M ¥ W) “ IS A”   — picture o hair

dread-nought /'drednoit/ noun a type of ship used in war in the early 20th century ( 20 ttbE!U$jW ) AHM dream o-w /dri:m/ noun, verb

mnoun 1 [C] a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep ^; §§ *0-:

7 had a vivid dream about my old school. IS fi$ T ~* X X#ilEltt3R HJE7ISltt#1$<, o I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream. IS 2E AWA^TE!^, o ‘Goodnight. Sweet

dreams.’   ” —compare night­

mare — see also wet dream 2 [C] a wish to have or be sth, especially one that seems difficult to achieve p II;        ; IS H: Her lifelong dream was to be a famous

writer.     0 He wanted to be

rich but it was an impossible dream. ftfelSAM,

RIIX # fli  tt II0 0 If I win, it will be a dream

come true. immUT,  0 She tried to

turn her dream of running her own business into reality. Ml?     § BdkikW^lio o a dream car/house/

job, etc.    J^T, o I’ve finally

found the man of my dreams. IS XIS f!] 7 M M 4 (tt M Ac o a chance to fulfil a childhood dream

0 It was the end of all my hopes and dreams. IS — 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

Hit; X#: She walked around in a dream all day. MU A fR & *£ ffl U W 3\     c — see also daydream

4                  [sing.] (informal) a beautiful or wonderful person or thing f-iH<r>WA ( mm® ) ; iii^WA (

ty) ) : That meal was an absolute dream. IPIMt&jIlll A#To IT7T771 go/work like a 'dream 1 to work very well '14 ffe M f£ ;     My new car goes like a

dream, ^ itt     X tt Ik E M 7 0 2 to happen without

problems, in the way that you had planned ^A® *t;

EH in your 'dreams (informal) used to tell sb that sth they are hoping for is not likely to happen ‘I’ll be a manager before I’m 30.’ ‘In your dreams.’ “ISHX 30  ”

like a bad 'dream (of a situation &ki|) so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true M^lt£4'A)tt[dS'fi: In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream. &A&XM, Ht[—Al&MAXttXI#ffl AstfASIS o — more at wild adj. mverb (dreamt, dreamt /dremt/) or (dreamed, dreamed)

~ (of/about sb/sth) to experience a series of images,

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events and feelings in your mind while you are asleep J0M: [V] Did I talk in my sleep? I must have been dreaming.  u&)? ISIt^lIXM^o 0 I dreamt

about you last night. IS Vfe ^ T 0 O [VN] Did it really happen or did I just dream it?

0 [V (that)] I dreamt (that) I got the job. g   2 ~ (of/about sth) | ~ (of/about

doing sth) to imagine and think about sth that you would like to happen W.$L; $£ II:  [V] She dreams of

running her own business. 0 It was

the kind of trip most of us only dream about. H 3S in A £ ffc A R li WII WIfio 0 (informal) I wouldn’t dream of going without you (= I would never go without you). tXi,      0 [VN] Who’d

have dreamt it? They’re getting married, it A14 M ?

ilTo 0 [V (that)] I never dreamt (that) I’d actu- qlly get the job. liRWiii t&H 3\ M W # 3\ ii ISt X jf 0 IJ!l;i^i ,dream sth a1 way to waste time just thinking about things you would like to do without actually doing anything     ii!!41®® ,dream

'on (informal) you say dream on to tell sb that an idea is not practical or likely to happen    .dream

sth^'up (informal) to have an idea, especially a very unusual or silly one   ( A!

WV ) ES3C1 think UP: Trust you to dream up a crazy idea like this!

dream-boat /'driimbaut; NAmE -bout/ noun (old- fashioned, informal) a man who is very attractive i§|X‘M

AWJIT; ^AWMT

dreamcatcher

dream-catch er /'dri:mkaetf0(r)/ noun a ring contain­ing a decorated net, originally made by Native Americans, and thought to give its owner good dreams

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dream er /'dri:ma(r)/ noun 1 (sometimes disapproving) a person who has ideas or plans that are not practical or realistic PMM', $ IS i.; X % P7 W A 2 (usually disapproving) a person who does not pay attention to what is happening around them, but thinks about other things instead     0^^A; Hl#MA; #T^#WA

3 a person who dreams # ^ l$ A: Dreamers do not always remember their dreams.     AAkX&fliiEtt i

dream-land /'drirmlaend/ noun [U] (especially BrE, disap­proving) a pleasant but not very realistic situation that only exists in your mind   !H 14 fr-; JIlEtttfX

You must be living in dreamland if you think he’ll change his mind.

dream-less /'driimlas/ adj. (of sleep ii 0R) without dreams; deep and peaceful

dream-like /‘driimlaik/ adj. as if existing or happening in a dream        &£j(Wt.)&J

'dream team noun the best possible combination of people for a particular competition or activity ^APA;

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