incubus
英 ['??kj?b?s]
美['??kj?b?s]
- n. 夢(mèng)魘；沉重的負(fù)擔(dān)
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?incubuses;? incubi;
中文詞源
incubus 夢(mèng)淫妖，心理負(fù)擔(dān)
in-,進(jìn)入，使，在上面，-cub,躺，詞源同cubicle,succumb.古代傳說(shuō)中的夢(mèng)淫妖（男，男上女下），在夢(mèng)中與女子交媾，會(huì)吸取女人的精氣。比較succubus,夢(mèng)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.
- 喬伊斯把他的美國(guó)公民身份當(dāng)做是一個(gè)道德和政治上的負(fù)擔(dān)。
來(lái)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(wèn)題叫他恐怖了.他那 工人階級(jí) 的處境像夢(mèng)寬一樣壓著他.
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