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　

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

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。

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