incubus

英['ɪŋkjʊbəs] 美['ɪŋkjʊbəs]
  • n. 恶梦;负担;梦淫妖(据说会趁女人熟睡而与其交配的恶鬼)
incubuses
GRE
    n. (名词)
    1. 沉重的压力,梦魇般的精神压力,沉重的负担,负荷
    2. 梦淫妖(旧时传说中与熟睡女子交合的妖魔)
    3. <古>梦魇

英英释义

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

  2. a situation resembling a terrifying dream

  3. someone who depresses or worries others

1. Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.
乔伊斯把他的美国公民身份当做是一个道德和政治上的负担。

来自辞典例句

2. He was at the problem confronting him, weighted down the incubus of his working - class station.
眼前面临的问题叫他恐怖了.他那 工人阶级 的处境像梦宽一样压着他.

来自互联网

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.
      乔伊斯把他的美国公民身份当做是一个道德和政治上的负担。

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