English Dictionary

incubus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/

名詞

広義

(mediaeval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.

日本語の意味

夢魔（中世伝承に登場する、眠っている間に襲いかかり、特に女性と交わるために接近するとされる悪霊）

She whispered that the old house was haunted by an incubus that visited her in the night, leaving her exhausted and terrified.

彼女は、その古い家には眠っている人々を苦しめ、時には眠っている女性に性的暴行を加える悪霊が取り憑いていると囁き、それが彼女を疲れ果て怯えさせていた。

意味（1）

(mediaeval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.

意味（2）

A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.

it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […] .

意味（3）

(by extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.

Again he felt the impulse of flight: but his body was a dry dead incubus that refused to obey his volition.

意味（4）

(entomology) One of various of parasitic insects, especially subfamily Aphidiinae.

incubi （ plural ）

incubuses （ plural ）