incubus
🇺🇸
/ˈɪŋkjʊbəs/
🇬🇧
/ˈɪŋkjʊbəs/
noun
R
A big worry or problem that keeps you awake at night.
The thought of the upcoming exam became an incubus that haunted his sleep.
다가올 시험에 대한 생각이 그의 잠을 괴롭히는 악몽이 되었다.
R
An evil spirit that was believed to lie on top of women during the night and cause bad dreams.
In old stories, an incubus would visit sleeping women, causing them to have terrifying dreams.
옛 이야기에 따르면, 악몽은 잠자는 여성을 방문하여 그들에게 무서운 꿈을 꾸게 했다.
translation
악몽, 악령
어형 변화
Plural
incubuses