incubus
英 ['??kj?b?s]
美['??kj?b?s]
- n. 夢魘；沉重的負擔
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?incubuses;? incubi;
中文詞源
incubus 夢淫妖，心理負擔
in-,進入，使，在上面，-cub,躺，詞源同cubicle,succumb.古代傳說中的夢淫妖（男，男上女下），在夢中與女子交媾，會吸取女人的精氣。比較succubus,夢淫妖。
英文詞源
- incubus (n.)
- c. 1200, from Late Latin (Augustine), from Latin incubo "nightmare, one who lies down on (the sleeper)," from incubare "to lie upon" (see incubate). Plural is incubi. In the Middle Ages their existence was recognized by law.
雙語例句
- 1. Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.
- 喬伊斯把他的美國公民身份當做是一個道德和政治上的負擔。
來自辭典例句
- 2. He was at the problem confronting him, weighted down the incubus of his working - class station.
- 眼前面臨的問題叫他恐怖了.他那 工人階級 的處境像夢寬一樣壓著他.
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