incubus [ˈɪŋkjʊbəs]

单词级别

第12级

基本释义

n.负担；恶梦

英英释义

a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

参考例句

Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus. 乔伊斯把他的美国公民身份当做是一个道德和政治上的负担。Like the sumerian wind demon and its later babylonian counterpart, Lilith was regarded as a succubus, or female version of the incubus. 像风妖苏美尔和后来的巴比伦妖怪，莉莉丝被视为一个女妖或女版梦魇。

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