nightmare

英 [ˈnaɪtmeə(r)]

美 [ˈnaɪtmer]

n.  噩梦; 梦魇; 可怕的经历; 难以处理之事

复数：nightmares　

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Collins.3 / BNC.3794 / COCA.3586

牛津词典

noun

• 噩梦；梦魇
  a dream that is very frightening or unpleasant
  1. He still has nightmares about the accident.
     他仍然做噩梦梦见这场事故。
• 可怕的经历；难以处理之事；噩梦
  an experience that is very frightening and unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with
  1. The trip turned into a nightmare when they both got sick.
     这次旅行成了一场噩梦，他们俩都病了。
  2. Nobody knows what's going on─ it's a nightmare !
     谁也不知道是怎么回事——真是棘手至极！
  3. Filling in all those forms was a nightmare.
     填写了那么多的表格，真是太可怕了。
  4. Losing a child is most people's worst nightmare .
     对于大多数人来说，丧子之痛是最可怕的梦魇。
  5. If it goes ahead, it will be the nightmare scenario (= the worst thing that could happen) .
     这件事如果继续下去就糟透了。
  6. a nightmare situation
     恶劣的形势

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恶梦;噩梦;梦魇
  Anightmareis a very frightening dream.
  1. All the victims still suffered nightmares...
     所有受害者仍然被恶梦困扰。
  2. Jane did not eat cheese because it gives her nightmares.
     简没吃奶酪，因为那会让她做恶梦。
• N-COUNT 令人恐怖的处境;可怕的情景
  If you refer to a situation as anightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant.
  1. The years in prison were a nightmare.
     监狱里的那些年是一场噩梦。
• N-COUNT 恼人的情景;惹人烦的局面
  If you refer to a situation as anightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble.
  1. Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare...
     带我儿子彼得外出吃饭简直糟糕透了。
  2. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.
     毕业税具体操作起来不啻一场行政噩梦。

英英释义

noun

• a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
• a situation resembling a terrifying dream
  Synonym:incubus

双语例句

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.
  整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering
  他们开始从痛苦的梦魇中慢慢恢复过来。
• I had a nightmare last night.
  我昨夜做了一个恶梦。
• Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare
  带我儿子彼得外出吃饭简直糟糕透了。
• James: I understand now. It's time to end this nightmare.
  詹姆斯：我现在明白了。这将是噩梦结束的时候了。
• The department has become a bureaucratic nightmare.
  该部门的官僚作风非常严重。
• The whole thing was a nightmare.
  这一切犹如一场噩梦。
• It's time to end this nightmare.
  这将是噩梦结束的时候了。
• I just had a nightmare, and I want you to tell me how much you love me.
  我刚刚做了恶梦，我要你告诉我，你多麽的爱我。
• I had a nightmare about being drowned in a lake.
  我做了个在湖里淹死的噩梦。