incubus

incubus音标

英 [ˈɪŋkjʊbəs]

美 [ˈɪnkjəbəs, ˈɪŋ-]

incubus基本释义

n.恶梦；负担；梦淫妖(据说会趁女人熟睡而与其交配的恶鬼)

incubus用法及例句

n.(名词)

沉重的压力，梦魇般的精神压力，沉重的负担，负荷

梦淫妖（旧时传说中与熟睡女子交合的妖魔）

梦魇

noun

1. a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

2. someone who depresses or worries others

3. a situation resembling a terrifying dream

Synonym: nightmare

1. 夜魔：在古典传说中,梅林的母亲是因为男夜魔(Incubus)而怀了他. 这是亚瑟王的父亲,乌瑟.潘多拉冈(Uther Pendragon)统一不列颠群岛大业后期发生的事情. 梅林当时便已经在辅佐鸟瑟. 当时乌瑟与哥罗亚(Gorlois)相争,后来乌瑟拔出传说圣剑,

2. 梦魇, 沉重的负担：distress 悲痛, 穷困, 不幸, 危难, 忧伤 | incubus 梦魇, 沉重的负担 | incubate 孵卵

3. 恶梦：incubator 孵化器恒温箱 | incubus 恶梦 | incurability 不能治愈

The incubus of racial injustice.

出自：M. L. King

What an incubus my aesthetic personality might become if I were..trapped within it.

出自：P. Ackroyd

近义词

临近词

nightmare恶梦

incubator

inculcate

相关列句

After his death from old age, he was reborn in Sheogh as an Incubus.(当他年老死后，他转生为谢尔戈的一个夜魔。)

Unfortunately, these apparent advantages have turned into an incubus.(不幸的是，这些明显的优势变成了梦魇。)