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单词 ache
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(eɪk)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense aches, present participle aching, past tense, past participle ached
1. verb
If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
Her head was throbbing and she ached all over. [VERB adverb/preposition]
My leg still aches when I sit down. [VERB]
The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: hurt, suffer, burn, pain More Synonyms of ache
2. countable noun [noun NOUN]
An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body.
You feel nausea and aches in your muscles.
Poor posture can cause neck ache, headaches and breathing problems.
Synonyms: pain, discomfort, suffering, hurt More Synonyms of ache
3.  See also backache, headache, heartache, stomach ache
4. verb
If you ache for something or your heart aches, you want something very much, and feel very unhappy because you cannot have it.
[written]
... couples aching for a child [VERB + for]
But Spain was a country aching to get away from its past. [VERB to-infinitive]
It was quite an achievement to keep smiling when his heart must have been aching. [VERB]
Synonyms: suffer, hurt, grieve, sorrow More Synonyms of ache
Ache is also a noun.
You also feel an overwhelming ache for support from others which you cannot put intowords.
5. 
See aches and pains
More Synonyms of ache

ache in British English

(eɪk)
verb (intransitive)
1. 
to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain
2. 
to suffer mental anguish
noun
3. 
a continuous dull pain
Derived forms
aching (ˈaching)
adjective
achingly (ˈachingly)
adverb
Word origin
Old English ācan (vb), æce (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake, batch

ache in American English

(eɪk)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ached or ˈaching
1. 
to have or give dull, steady pain
2. 
to feel sympathy, pity, etc. (for)
3.  Informal
to yearn or long
with for or an infinitive
noun
4. 
a dull, continuous pain
Word origin
orig. ake < ME aken < OE acan, akin to LowG äken, to smart & MDu akel, sorrow, shame < IE base *agos-, fault, guilt, sin

Examples of 'ache' in a sentence
ache

His body aches and he admits that he has good days and bad ones.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Are you bothered by nagging aches and pains?
The Sun (2016)
They also help if the veins ache or cause swollen ankles.
The Sun (2016)
It tells other passengers that you would very much like a seat so you can rest your swollen ankles or aching back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A dull ache or sharp pain in this area?
The Sun (2017)
I spend the afternoon wallowing in the tub, feeling the aches of physical exertion melt away.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Seeing him at the business we had grown made my heart physically ache, but I took the pain out on the weight machines.
The Sun (2016)
Your body aches and your skin hurts to touch.
The Sun (2010)
Your legs will be aching but your heart will be singing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My neck has seized up and my back aches.
The Sun (2012)
This aching pain feels exactly the same as it did on the day she was taken.
The Sun (2013)
They were very shaken and suffering aches and pains.
The Sun (2014)
They can upset your tummy and some people find they cause muscle aches.
The Sun (2014)
My heart and body ache for her when we are not together.
The Sun (2015)
His proposed business was flogging office chairs that healed back ache.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She found ache caused by the eased up.
The Sun (2006)
For their return is the bed sweet to the soul and body that ache for their return.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The result is a dull ache in your chest which may spread to your jaw or left arm.
The Sun (2012)
The dull ache of no post when others had letters from home or a sweetheart was hard to endure.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was like a constant ache.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It can neck ache, stiffness and at the back of the head.
The Sun (2007)
The salts will soothe away aches and pains, too.
The Sun (2015)
He rubbed his aching neck; he coughed and swallowed back his vomit.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
I lay there feeling the aches depart from my bruised flesh.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Heat is proven to boost your happy hormones as well as ease away muscle aches, so a hot bath is a part of the home spa experience.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
ache

British English: ache /eɪk/ NOUN
An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body.
You feel nausea and aches in your muscles.
  • American English: ache
  • Arabic: أَلَم
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dor
  • Chinese: 痛
  • Croatian: bol
  • Czech: bolest
  • Danish: smerte
  • Dutch: pijn
  • European Spanish: dolor
  • Finnish: särky
  • French: douleur
  • German: Schmerz
  • Greek: πόνος
  • Italian: dolore
  • Japanese: 痛み
  • Korean: 아픔
  • Norwegian: smerte
  • Polish: ból
  • European Portuguese: dor
  • Romanian: durere
  • Russian: боль
  • Latin American Spanish: dolor
  • Swedish: värk
  • Thai: ความเจ็บปวด
  • Turkish: ağrı
  • Ukrainian: біль
  • Vietnamese: sự đau nhức
British English: ache /eɪk/ VERB
If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
Her head was throbbing and she ached all over.
  • American English: ache
  • Arabic: يُؤْلِمُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: doer
  • Chinese: 疼痛
  • Croatian: boljeti
  • Czech: bolet
  • Danish: gøre ondt
  • Dutch: pijn doen
  • European Spanish: doler
  • Finnish: särkeä kipu
  • French: avoir mal
  • German: schmerzen
  • Greek: πονώ
  • Italian: far male
  • Japanese: 痛む
  • Korean: 아프다
  • Norwegian: verke
  • Polish: boleć
  • European Portuguese: doer
  • Romanian: a durea
  • Russian: болеть
  • Latin American Spanish: doler
  • Swedish: värka
  • Thai: เจ็บปวด
  • Turkish: ağrımak
  • Ukrainian: боліти
  • Vietnamese: đau

All related terms of 'ache'

face-ache
neuralgia
tummy ache
an ache or pain in the stomach
stomach ache
If you have a stomach-ache , you have a pain in your stomach.
bellyache
Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen , especially in your stomach .
heartache
Heartache is very great sadness and emotional suffering.

Chinese translation of 'ache'

ache

(eɪk)

vi

  1. [part of body] 痛 (tòng)
  2. to ache for sth/to do sth (= yearn) 渴望某事/做某事 (kěwàng mǒushì/zuò mǒushì)

n (c)

  1. 疼痛 (téngtòng) (种(種), zhǒng)
    I've got (a) stomach-/toothache 我胃/牙痛 (wǒ wèi/yá tòng)
    I'm aching all over 我浑(渾)身疼痛 (wǒ húnshēn téngtòng)
    aches and pains 周身不适(適) (zhōushēn bùshì)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to feel or be the source of a continuous dull pain
Her head was hurting and she ached all over.
Synonyms
hurt
His collar bone only hurt when he lifted his arm.
suffer
burn
smoke that burns and stings your eyes
pain
It pains me to think of an animal being in distress.
smart
My eyes smarted from the smoke.
sting
His cheeks were stinging from the icy wind.
pound
throb
be tender
twinge
be sore
2 (verb) 
Definition
to suffer mental anguish
It must have been hard to keep smiling when his heart was aching.
Synonyms
suffer
Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?
hurt
grieve
He's grieving over his dead wife and son.
sorrow
She was lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances.
agonize
I was agonizing over the moral issues involved.
be in pain
eat your heart out
go through the mill (informal)
mourn
feel wretched
1 (noun) 
Definition
a continuous dull pain
You feel nausea and aches in your muscles.
Synonyms
pain
I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.
discomfort
She suffered some discomfort, but no real pain.
suffering
hurt
I was full of jealousy and hurt.
smart
smarting
cramp
She started getting stomach cramps this morning.
throb
throbbing
irritation
Don't allow a minor irritation to mar your ambitions.
tenderness
There is still some tenderness on his lower leg.
pounding
spasm
pang
pangs of hunger
twinge
the occasional twinge of indigestion
soreness
throe (rare)
2 (noun) 
Nothing could relieve the terrible ache of fear.
Synonyms
anguish
A cry of anguish burst from her lips.
suffering
It has caused terrible suffering to animals.
pain
Her eyes were filled with pain.
torture
Waiting for the result was torture.
distress
Her mouth grew stiff with pain and distress.
grief
Their grief soon gave way to anger.
misery
All that money brought nothing but misery.
mourning
The period of mourning and bereavement may be long.
torment
We spent our days in torment, waiting for news.
sorrow
It was a time of great sorrow.
woe
He listened to my tale of woe.
heartache
He had been the cause of so much heartache.
heartbreak
suffering and heartbreak for those close to the victims
3 (noun) 
an overwhelming ache for support from others
Synonyms
longing
He felt a longing for the familiar.
need
The need for revenge kept eating at me.
hope
Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit.
wish
Clearly she had no wish for his company.
desire
I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
urge
He had an urge to open a shop of his own.
yen (informal)
Mike had a yen to try cycling.
pining
hunger
He has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.
craving
I had a sudden craving for a cheese sandwich.
yearning
He spoke of his yearning for another child.
itch
an insatiable itch to switch from channel to channel
thirst
their ever-growing thirst for cash
hankering
Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?

phrasal verb

See ache for something or someone

Additional synonyms

in the sense of agonize
Definition
to worry greatly
I was agonizing over the moral issues involved.
Synonyms
suffer,
labour,
worry,
struggle,
strain,
strive,
writhe,
be distressed,
be in agony,
go through the mill,
be in anguish
in the sense of burn
Definition
to smart or cause to smart
smoke that burns and stings your eyes
Synonyms
sting,
hurt,
smart,
tingle,
bite,
pain
in the sense of cramp
Definition
a sudden painful contraction of a muscle
She started getting stomach cramps this morning.
Synonyms
spasm,
pain,
ache,
contraction,
pang,
stiffness,
stitch,
convulsion,
twinge,
crick,
shooting pain

Synonyms of 'ache'

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