单词 | pain |
释义 | pain n. & v. --n   1. a the range of unpleasant bodily sensations produced by illness or by harmful physical contact etc. b a particular kind or instance of this (often in pl.: suffering from stomach pains).   2. mental suffering or distress.   3. (in pl.) careful effort; trouble taken (take pains; got nothing for my pains).   4. (also pain in the neck) colloq. a troublesome person or thing; a nuisance. --vtr.   1. cause pain to.   2. (as pained adj.) expressing pain (a pained expression). Phrases and idioms in pain suffering pain. on (or under) pain of with (death etc.) as the penalty. Etymology: ME f. OF peine f. L poena penalty |
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