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Dire Greek 7188.Dire 英 Daɪə]美 释义 Adj 可怕的;悲惨的;极端的

正面 7188.dire
英 ['daɪə]美

背面
释义:
adj. 可怕的;悲惨的;极端的
例句:
1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits.假如我们有了小孩,我们会真正陷入困境。

弟弟发高烧了,全身很热、很烫,很严重!他的样子看起来很痛苦、很悲惨。2. dinosaur => Greek deinos "terrible" => dire.3. 谐音“戴尔”------在计算机领域戴尔是一个可怕的竞争对手。
dire 危急的来自拉丁语dirus, 恐惧的,预兆不祥的,词源同dinosaur.
diredire: see dinosaurdire (adj.)1560s, from Latin dirus "fearful, awful, boding ill," which is of unknown origin; perhaps from Oscan and Umbrian and perhaps cognate with Greek deinos, from PIE root *dwei-."

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