nightmare英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A very unpleasant or frightening dream.

— I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.
Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. figuratively

— Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.
A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep. archaic

— It haunted me, however, more than once, like a night-mare.
A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis. historical

— The Night-mare generally ſeizes people ſleeping on their backs, and often begins with frightful dreams, which are ſoon ſucceeded by a difficult reſpiration, a violent oppreſſion on the breaſt, and a total privation of voluntary motion.

动词 v.

To experience a nightmare. intransitive

— Brother Fary of Omaha was nightmaring the rest of the night.
To imagine (someone or something) as in a nightmare. transitive

— She was the last person I’d expected to see, although I had not expected to see anyone at all. For a moment I thought it was a nightmare, and that I was nightmaring the whole thing.
To trouble (someone or something), as by a nightmare. transitive

— THe day is broke! Melpomene, be gone; / Hag of my Fancy, let me now alone: / Night-mare my ſoul no more; Go take thy flight / Where Traytors Ghoſts keep an eternal night; […]

词形变化

nightmares plural night-mare alternative,obsolete nightmares present,singular,third-person nightmaring participle,present nightmared participle,past nightmared past night-mare alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

daymare flightmare frightmare knightmare logistical nightmare mid-nightmare midnightmare morningmare nightmare disorder nightmare fuel nightmareless nightmarelike nightmarious nightmarish nightmary out of a nightmare

词源

词源 1

From Middle English nyghtmare, from Old English *nihtmare, equivalent to night + mare (“evil spirit believed to afflict a sleeping person”). Cognate with Scots nichtmare and nichtmeer, Dutch nachtmerrie, Middle Low German nachtmār, German Nachtmahr.

词源 2

From Middle English nyghtmare, from Old English *nihtmare, equivalent to night + mare (“evil spirit believed to afflict a sleeping person”). Cognate with Scots nichtmare and nichtmeer, Dutch nachtmerrie, Middle Low German nachtmār, German Nachtmahr.