incubus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/|/ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/    美 /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/|/ˈɪn.kjə.bəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
  2. A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
    — it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […] .
  3. Any oppressive thing or person; a burden. broadly
    — Again he felt the impulse of flight: but his body was a dry dead incubus that refused to obey his volition.
  4. One of various of parasitic insects, especially subfamily Aphidiinae.

词形变化

incubi plural incubuses plural

词汇关系

相关词
incubous succubus

词源

From Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubō (“nightmare, one who lies down on the sleeper”), from incubō (“to lie upon, to hatch”, from in- (“on”) + cubō (“to lie down”)).
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