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direful ['daiəful]
基本释义
- a. 可怕的,悲惨的
词形变化
- 名 词：dire'ful·ness副 词：dire'ful·ly
英英解释
1个形容词解释
- causing fear or dread or terror
[同] dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, awful, terrible
[例]- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- causing fear or dread or terror