单词 | incubus |
释义 | incubus n (pl ~es or -bi ) (a) male evil spirit formerly supposed to have sex with a sleeping woman 梦淫妖(传说与熟睡女子交合的妖魔). Cf 参看 succubus. (b) (rhet 修辞) thing (eg an approaching examination, an unpaid debt) that oppresses sb like a nightmare 给某人造成巨大压力的事物(似恶梦中所见的可怕事物, 如临近的考试、 未清偿的债务). |
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