单词 | dire |
释义 | Word Frequency dire(daɪə) adjective (usually prenominal) 1. Also: direful disastrous; fearful 2. desperate; urgent a dire need 3. foreboding disaster; ominous a dire warning Derived forms direly (ˈdirely) adverb direness (ˈdireness) noun Word origin C16: from Latin dīrus ominous, fearful; related to Greek deos fear |
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