英 [ˈnaɪtmeə(r)] 美 [ˈnaɪtmer]
n. 噩梦；可怕的经历，很难对付的人（或情形）
复数nightmares
nightmare /ˈnaɪtˌmɛə/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 A nightmare is a very frightening dream. 恶梦
All the victims still suffered nightmares.
所有的受害者仍为恶梦所扰。
可数名词 If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant. 噩梦 (指可怕处境)
The years in prison were a nightmare.
数年的铁窗生涯是一场噩梦。
可数名词 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. 噩梦 (指恼人的情况)
Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare.
带我儿子彼得去饭店吃饭真是一场噩梦。
a situation resembling a terrifying dream
同义词： incubus
a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
多梦
梦魇
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夜惊（nightterror）与梦魇（nightmare）是睡眠中发生的两种不同现象。惟因两者均发生在儿童期，故而常被一般人误解两者有因果关系；认为儿童的夜惊系由梦魇的缘故。
过去我的噩梦(Nightmare)是考试没准备，往后大概要添上这段黑狱了。
Nightmare（梦魇兽）：黑色马状的一种魔兽，拥有操控闪电和穿梭梦境的能力，喜欢压迫做梦之人的灵魂，令其被噩梦缠绕。
nightmarish 可怕的；恶梦似的；不愉快的
Maureen put the nightmare behind her.
莫琳将噩梦抛诸脑后。
The years in prison were a nightmare.
数年的铁窗生涯是一场噩梦。
Our dream holiday turned into a nightmare.
我们梦想的假日变成了一场噩梦。
Joruji Shinozaki wrote on the VOA Learning English page on Facebook: Friday's earthquake was a nightmare.
VOA : special.2011.03.12
For instance, you sitting there may be merely my dream, and I may be your nightmare.
比如，你坐在那可能仅仅是我在做梦，而我可能是你的梦魇。
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When I do my best to imagine some kind of existence that would be desirable or attractive forever, it just doesn't work. It becomes a nightmare.
当我尽力想象一种,令人永远期望迷恋的存在时，根本想象不出，总是变成恶梦。
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This time around, the "Nightmare" director is Sam Bayer, a star in the music video world making his feature film debut.
VOA : standard.2010.05.04
The screenplay is by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer and this new "Nightmare" is produced by "Transformers" director Michael Bay.
VOA : standard.2010.05.04
"Youth unemployment, " he said, "that is the real nightmare of my country and the EU".
With the market value plummeting, he argued, mark-to-market accounting turned AIG's balance sheet into a nightmare.
British Conservatives may complain that the single-market project has turned into a nightmare of re-regulation.
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