incubus
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·cu·bus /ˈɪŋkjəbəs/ noun (plural incubuses or incubi /-baɪ/) [countable] 1 WORRIEDsomeone or something that causes a lot of worries or problems 沉重的压力；巨大的负担 Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus. 乔伊斯认为他的美国公民身份在道德上和政治上是很大的负担。2. ROa male devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping woman 梦淫妖〔旧时传说与睡梦中的女人交合的妖怪〕 → succubus
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incubus• Public services, by comparison, are an incubus.• A bog-eyed incubus on day release from hell?• From the beginning, however, the engineers, like the artillery, were free of the incubus of purchased commissions.Origin incubus (1300-1400) Late Latin Latin incubare; → INCUBATEin·cu·bus nounChineseSyllable
that something a or lot someone Corpus worries causes of
incubus
in‧cu‧bus /ˈɪŋkjəbəs, ˈɪŋkjʊbəs/
noun (plural incubuses or incubi /-baɪ/) [countable]1. someone or something that causes a lot of worries or problems:
Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.
2. a male devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping woman ⇨ succubus
in‧cu‧bus /ˈɪŋkjəbəs, ˈɪŋkjʊbəs/
noun (plural incubuses or incubi /-baɪ/) [countable]1. someone or something that causes a lot of worries or problems: 2. a male devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping woman ⇨ succubus