incubus

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishincubusin‧cu‧bus /ˈɪŋkjəbəs/ noun (plural incubuses or incubi /-baɪ/) [countable] 1 WORRIEDsomeone or something that causes a lot of worries or problems Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.2 ROa male devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping woman → succubusExamples from the Corpusincubus• 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; → INCUBATE

单词	incubus
释义	incubus From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishincubusin‧cu‧bus /ˈɪŋkjəbəs/ noun (plural incubuses or incubi /-baɪ/) [countable] 1 WORRIEDsomeone or something that causes a lot of worries or problems Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus.2 ROa male devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping woman → succubusExamples from the Corpusincubus• 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; → INCUBATE
随便看	no are you youre kidding no ball no better no biggie no brainer no can do no chance chance no chance!/fat chance! no claims bonus no claims discount no comment no confidence no contest no count no dice no doubt no earthly reason etc no earthly reason/use etc no earthly use etc over-the-counter pharmaceuticals over-the-counter share over-the-counter stock over-the-counter trading over-the-top over/under the age of 5/18 etc