单词 | face-ache |
释义 | > as lemmasface-ache face-ache n. (a) pain in the face, esp. that caused by trigeminal neuralgia; (also) an instance of this; (b) slang (chiefly British) an ugly or miserable-looking person (frequently as a form of address). ΚΠ 1784 G. White Jrnl. 31 Oct. (1970) xvii. 252 Many people are tyed-up about the head on account of tooth-aches, & face-aches. 1808 J. Austen Let. 26 June (1995) 135 Henry sends us the welcome information of his having had no face-ache since I left them. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. v. 34 It gave you the face-ache to look at his apples. 1935 Lancet 6 July 2/1 Neuralgias and pains of nerves serving the surface of the head, such as tooth-ache, face-ache, shingles. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 261/2 Face-ache, a C.20 jocular term of address. 1961 A. Simpson & R. Galton Four Hancock Scripts 35/2 On a train..a carriageful of the most miserable-looking bunch of face-aches. 1998 N. Jones Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 256. 57 What's up with you, faceache? 2004 D. Mitchell Cloud Atlas (U.K. ed.) 337 I exited the Tiger-Lily, buzzing with face-ache. < as lemmas |
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