nightmare

nightmare

英 ['naɪtmeə]
　　美 ['naɪt'mɛr]

n. 惡夢；夢魘般的經歷
　　adj. 可怕的；噩夢似的

中文詞源：

nightmare 噩夢

night,夜晚，mare,女妖精，夢淫妖，詞源同murder.原指夜間與男人交媾的女妖，使人窒息和虛脫，後引申詞義噩夢。

例句：

1. Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare.
帶我兒子彼得外出吃飯簡直糟糕透瞭。

2. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.
畢業稅具體操作起來不啻一場行政噩夢。

3. His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare.
他睿智刁鉆，評論尖刻，對任何采訪他的人而言都是夢魘。

4. They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering.
他們開始從痛苦的夢魘中慢慢恢復過來。

5. Discovering your child takes drugs is a nightmare scenario for most parents.
對大多數父母來說，發現自己的孩子吸毒簡直就是場噩夢。