什么是梦遗？

  

我有时候起来，发现裤子上会有一块黏糊糊的地方。不是尿，那它是什么？

  

- Stewart*

——斯特尔特

Chances are that you had a "wet dream" — something that can be embarrassing and confusing to teen guys, but is completely normal. A wet dream is also known as a nocturnal emission. Nocturnal means "at night" and emission means "discharge." This makes sense because a wet dream is when semen (the fluid containing sperm) is discharged from the penis during ejaculation while a guy's asleep. Usually wet dreams occur during dreams that have sexual images. Sometimes guys wake up from a wet dream, but sometimes they sleep through it.

  

看起来你多半“梦遗”了——那是种可能让十多岁的男孩子感到尴尬和困惑的东西，不过这完全是正常现象。梦遗也被称作夜间遗精（nocturnal emission, "nocturnal"，意思是在晚上；而"emission"的意思是释放。）之所以称之为此，是因为梦遗是当男孩睡眠时精液（一种含有精子的液体）从阴茎中喷射而出。梦遗通常发生在当梦中出现性爱场面的时候。一些人会从梦遗中醒来，而另一些则浑然不觉。3

  

Wet dreams begin during puberty when the body starts making more testosterone, the major male hormone. Although some guys may feel embarrassed or even guilty about having wet dreams, they can't be controlled and you can't stop them from happening — most guys experience them at some point during puberty and even sometimes as adults.

  

梦遗始于青春期，那时我们的身体开始分泌更多的睾丸素，而睾丸素是主要的男性荷尔蒙。虽然一些男孩对于梦遗感到难为情，甚至因为自己无法阻止梦遗发生而内疚，但绝大多数男孩都会在青春期的某个阶段经历这些，甚至一些成年人也会梦遗。