| 单词 | nightmare |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['naitmeə(r)] |
| 解释 | n.恶梦；可怕的事 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 恶梦(a terrifying dream) 【记】 组合词：night+mare( 母马，恶魔); 【同】 参考：mare(母马) 【例】 I awoke screaming from a horrible nightmare. |
| 字源 | nightmare (n.) late 13c., "an evil female spirit afflicting sleepers with a feeling of suffocation," compounded from night + mare (3) "goblin that causes nightmares, incubus." Meaning shifted mid-16c. from the incubus to the suffocating sensation it causes. Sense of "any bad dream" first recorded 1829; that of "very distressing experience" is from 1831. Cognate with Middle Dutch nachtmare, German Nachtmahr. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 恶梦(使人恐惧、害怕和痛苦的梦) 【记】night, mare(n 母马); 晚上的母马－恶梦 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】night + 音：梦啊 |
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