单词 | pain in the neck |
释义 | pain1 of 2noun ˈpān 1 a(1) : a localized or generalized unpleasant bodily sensation or complex of sensations that causes mild to severe physical discomfort and emotional distress and typically results from bodily disorder (such as injury or disease) acute shooting pains also : the state marked by the presence of such sensations was in constant pain (2) : a basic bodily sensation that is induced by a noxious stimulus, is received by naked nerve endings, is associated with actual or potential tissue damage, is characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leads to evasive action b : mental or emotional distress or suffering : grief the pain she had felt at those humiliating words Morley Callaghan 2 informal : one that irks or annoys or is otherwise troublesome … almost everything requires a password these days, and it can be a real pain to remember them all. Michael Cahlin —often used in such phrases as pain in the neck or (impolite) pain in the ass/butt His little sister is a real pain in the neck. 3 pains plural : trouble, care, or effort taken to accomplish something was at pains to reassure us 4 pains plural : the throes of childbirth 5 : punishment the pains and penalties of crime pain 2 of 2verb pained; paining; pains transitive verb 1 : to make suffer or cause distress to : hurt 2 archaic : to put (oneself) to trouble or exertion intransitive verb 1 : to give or have a sensation of pain 2 archaic : suffer pain in the neck phraseas in nuisance one who is obnoxiously annoying That guy's always been a pain in the neck and I just try to ignore him. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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