1 [C,U] the unpleasant feeling that you have when a part of your body has been hurt or when you are ill 痛;疼:
to be in pain感到疼痛He screamed with pain.他痛得尖叫起来。chest pains胸口疼痛☞We use ache for a long, continuous pain and pain for sudden, short, sharp periods of pain. Therefore we usually say I've got earache/backache/toothache/a headache but He was admitted to hospital with pains in his chest.For the use of ‘a’ or ‘an’ with ache, look at the note at ache. 持久的痛叫做ache,突然间短促的剧痛叫做pain。因此通常说:I've got earache/backache/toothache/a headache.我耳痛╱背痛╱牙痛╱头痛。但要说:He was admitted to hospital with pains in his chest.他突然胸口痛而住院。有关ache跟a或an连用的问题,参看ache的注释。
2 [U] sadness that you feel because sth bad has happened 痛苦;悲痛:
the pain of losing a parent丧父╱母之痛
be a pain (in the neck)(spoken 口语) a person, thing or situation that makes you angry or annoyed 恼人、烦人的人、事物或情况
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[T] (formal 正式) to make sb feel sad or upset 使痛苦;使难过:
It pains me to think how much money we've wasted.一想到我们浪费了多少钱,我心里就很难过。
pain1/pen; peIn/n 1 [C,U] the feeling you have when part of your body hurts〔身体上的〕疼痛: chest/back/neck etc pain I woke up with terrible stomach pains . 我醒过来胃痛得要命。in pain Cassie lay groaning in pain on the bed. 卡西躺在床上痛苦呻吟。+in I have a pain in my lower back. 我腰背痛。Aspirin is used to relieve pain (=make it less bad). 阿司匹林用于减轻疼痛。COLLOCATIONS 词语搭配If you have a pain in your stomach, chest etc, you can call it a stomach/chest etc pain . ☆ 如果胃部﹑胸部等处疼痛﹐可以说 stomach/chest etc pain。A pain that is very bad is terrible , severe , intense or unbearable . ☆ 严重的疼痛可以用 terrible﹐severe﹐intense 或 unbearable 来形容。A sharp pain is short but severe. ☆ sharp pain 指短暂而剧烈的疼痛。A dull pain is not severe but it continues for a long time. ☆ dull pain 指轻微但持续的疼痛。Another word for a pain that continues but is not very strong is an ache . ☆ 另一个表示持续但不剧烈的疼痛的单词是 ache。If you are in pain , you take medicine or painkillers to lessen/ease/relieve/soothe/kill the pain . ☆ 如果你感觉疼痛﹐可以吃药或吃止痛药片(take medicine or painkillers)来减轻疼痛(lessen/ease/relieve/soothe the pain) 或止痛 (kill the pain)。2 a pain (in the neck) spoken someone or something that is very annoying【口】讨厌的人[事]: I find the paperwork a pain. 我觉得文书工作让人头痛。3 [U] sadness and unhappiness 痛苦: the pain children feel when their parents divorce 父母离异时孩子感到的痛苦4 be at pains to do sth/take pains to do sth to make a special effort to do something 煞费苦心地做某事﹐竭力做某事: He was at pains to emphasize the advantages of the new system. 他竭力强调新系统的优点。
pain2v it pains sb to do sth formal used to say that it is difficult and unpleasant for someone to have to do something【正式】必须做某事让某人很难受
painpainpainspainedpainingnoun1(pluralpains) the feeling that you have in your body when you are hurt or ill: I've got a pain in my leg. He's in terrible pain.2(no plural) unhappiness: Her eyes were full of pain.be a pain or a pain in the neck (informal) a person, thing or situation that makes you angry or annoyed: She can be a real pain when she's in a bad mood.