nightmare

英[ˈnaɪtmeə(r)]美[ˈnaɪtmer]

n.噩梦，<口>可怕的事情，无法摆脱的恐惧，泛滥成灾，紧张；

复数：nightmares;

形容词：nightmarish;

例句

the nightmare scenario of mass unemployment大规模失业的可怕情景

The hurricane was a long nightmare.这次飓风令人担惊受怕了很久。

I had a nightmare about being drowned in a lake.我做了个在湖里淹死的噩梦。

It's been like living through a nightmare.就像是做了一场噩梦。

Timetabling is a nightmare for all schools.制定课程表对所有学校来说都犹如梦魇。

And yet when he awakens, he awakens to a living nightmare of poverty, neglect and despair.然而,当他醒过来时, 他却回到了贫穷 、 漠然和绝望这一现实噩梦中.

People involved in it think it's a nightmare, but I'm sure it will work itself out.参与者都觉得这是一场噩梦，但我相信其结*会是圆满的。

Discovering your child takes drugs is a nightmare scenario for most parents.对大多数父母来说，发现自己的孩子吸*简直就是场噩梦。

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。

His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare.他睿智刁钻，评论尖刻，对任何采访他的人而言都是梦魇。

英语六级真题

Parking in this city is a horrible nightmare.

Once armed with a method for gaining access to iPhones, the government could ask to use it proactively, before a suspected terrorist attack—leaving Apple in a bind as to whether to comply or risk an attack and suffer a public-relations nightmare.

The client sounded like a real nightmare.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

恶梦;噩梦;梦魇

A nightmare is a very frightening dream.

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N-COUNT

令人恐怖的处境;可怕的情景

If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant.

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N-COUNT

恼人的情景;惹人烦的*面

If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble.

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英汉词典释义

n.

噩梦；梦魇

可怕的经历；难以处理之事；噩梦

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a situation resembling a terrifying dream

2. a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream

行业词典

医学： 梦魇，恶梦：恐怖的梦；

药学： 梦魇；