词汇 | succubus |
释义 | succubusWord family nounsuccubusadjectivesuccubine suc·cu·bus /ˈsʌkjəbəs/ noun (plural succubi /-baɪ/) [countableC] a female devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping man 〔传说中与睡眠中男子性交的〕梦淫女妖 Examples from the Corpus succubus• He licked his lips and looked at my laughing mouth. Succubus, he whispered.• Bliss, his reptilian face suggested, was what he expected to find with this succubus at the top of the stairs. (1300-1400) Medieval Latin Late Latin succuba “prostitute”, from Latin succubare “to lie under”, from sub- ( → SUB-) + cubare “to lie” |
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