单词 | ache |
释义 | ache /ayk/, v. , ached, aching, n. v.i. 1. to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain: His whole body ached. 2. to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like: Her heart ached for the starving animals. 3. to feel eager; yearn; long: She ached to be the champion. He's just aching to get even. n. 4. a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain). [bef. 900; (v.) ME aken, OE acan; perh. metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense "drive, impel" (cf. ON aka, c. L agere, Gk ágein); (n.) deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. hurt. 4. See pain. |
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