incubus是什么意思？

incubus

英[ˈɪŋkjʊbəs] 美[ˈɪnkjəbəs, ˈɪŋ-]

• n. 梦淫妖，噩梦，像噩梦压迫着人的事物，精神压力；

复数：incubuses; incubi;

例句

• 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.

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 医学： 梦魔，梦魇；沉重精神负担；