incubus
incubus 英 [ˈɪŋkjʊbəs] 美 [ˈɪnkjəbəs, ˈɪŋ-]
n. 梦魇；沉重的负担
名词复数:incubi
- An incubus is a scary mythological character that visits people in their sleep, a kind of nightmare demon. If you dream that an incubus is weighing you down as you snooze, you'll probably wake in a panic.
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- n. 梦魇；沉重的负担
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1. The incubus, from the Latin for “nightmare, ” is a demon that sexually assaults women, and sometimes men, while they are asleep.
男淫妖，源于拉丁语“梦魇”，是一种奸污入睡妇女或男子的妖魔。
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2. The succubus is the female counterpart of the incubus. She is a demon seductress who preys on sleeping men, draining them of their “vitality.”
女淫妖与男淫妖相对应，指的是一种以入睡男子为猎物，吸收他们精元的妖魔。
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3. By relocating its own economic principles, of mass production and popular culture, into China, the land of the teeming masses, America may have created a new incubus .
美国将自身在规模化生产和流行文化方面所遵循的经济学原理搬到了人口众多的中国。因此，它也许已经创造出了新的梦魇。
- incubus (n.) "imaginary being or demon, credited with causing nightmares, and, in male form, consorting with women in their sleep," c. 1200, from Late Latin incubus (Augustine), from Latin incubo "nightmare, one who lies down on (the sleeper)," from incubare "to lie upon" (see incubate). Plural is incubi. Compare succubus.
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