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单词

nightmare

读音
ˈnaɪtmer
美式
英式
词根

* Nightmare 包含两部分,night 和 mare。Night 易于理解,就是晚上,黑夜的意思。而mare 来自古英语mares, 在古英语和中世纪的欧洲文化中,被认为是一种坐在人们胸口带来恶梦的神秘生物。

释义

n. 恶梦,噩梦;梦魇般的经历 adj. 可怕的;噩梦似的 [ 复数 nightmares ]

例句

Maureen put the nightmare behind her.
莫琳将噩梦抛诸脑后。
The years in prison were a nightmare.
数年的铁窗生涯是一场噩梦。
Our dream holiday turned into a nightmare.
我们梦想的假日变成了一场噩梦。

强化记忆

* 你可以将 nightmare 分解为两个词来记忆,night(夜晚) + mare(在古英语中的噩梦生物) = 睡眠中的恶梦或恐怖的经历。* Nightmare 在中古英语中写作 nihtmare,其中 mare 指的是那些带来恶梦的神秘生物,也取其的贬义含义。后来这个词逐渐演化为 nightmare,用来指代在我们睡眠中的恶梦,以及痛苦、恐怖的经历。

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began poking at the buttons and banging on the door, saying,"This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare!"And I was like, "And this is my nightmare."
And despite my medical training, I was overwhelmed.It was a nightmare,one, I'm guessing, many of you all have faced.
and new clothes will be dripping the blood of past mistakes.I have a nightmarethat one day the lighthouses of our humanity will crumble,
And if humans are kept out of the room,there comes the algocratic nightmare.Who is accountable for rejecting the student?
when a man started to tear his way into her home.This was her worst nightmare,because this man had actually put her in the hospital from an assault
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