I'm starting to get a headache. The symptoms include fever and headache. The city's biggest headache is traffic. Managing your finances can be a real headache.
Recent Examples on the WebFolks who lose their catalytic converters gain a whole lot of headache. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Pressure on funding costs or availability hasn’t been too much of a headache yet, as interest rates are still fairly low overall and banks came into the situation with plentiful deposits—arguably too much at some banks. Telis Demos, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Kingston Brown, 8, woke up in his Augusta, Georgia, home last weekend complaining of a headache and gulping for air. Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022 BackTap has been around since iOS 14 and setting it up isn’t too much of a headache. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 1 July 2022 Only 35 House Republicans supported the measure, some of whom still believe an independent commission would have saved a lot of headache.Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022 Travel pros recommend some tricks of the trade to make air travel less of a headache this summer. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 June 2022 When the patient came back 10 days later, coughing repeatedly and complaining of headache, Davey Smith feared the worst. Jason Mast, STAT, 29 May 2022 Migraines are one of the most common forms of headache.The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of headache was before the 12th century
1pain in the head頭痛ADJECTIVE | VERB + HEADACHE | HEADACHE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤bad, chronic, severe, terrible嚴重的頭痛;慢性頭痛;劇烈的頭痛▸➤mild, slight輕微的頭痛➤dull隱隱的頭痛▸➤pounding, splitting, throbbing像是有東西敲擊的頭痛;頭痛欲裂;一抽一抽的頭痛▸➤blinding令人兩眼昏花的頭痛▸➤migraine, tension偏頭痛;緊張型頭痛◇He developed a severe migraine headache.他得了嚴重的偏頭痛。VERB + HEADACHE➤experience, have, suffer from頭痛◇I have a splitting headache.我頭痛欲裂。➤develop, get得了頭痛◇We all get headaches from time to time.我們偶爾都會頭痛。➤complain of表示頭痛◇The workers had complained of headaches and nausea.工人們都訴說感到頭痛、惡心。➤bring on, cause, give sb引起頭痛;讓某人頭痛◇Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.廢氣把他熏得昏昏沉沉,還引起了頭痛。◇Red wine gives me a headache.我喝紅葡萄酒會頭痛。➤relieve緩解頭痛▸➤plead借口頭痛◇She had left the party early, pleading a headache.她藉口頭痛提早離開了聚會。HEADACHE + NOUN➤medicine, pill, tablet (especially BrE) 頭痛藥;頭痛止痛片▸➤pain (especially NAmE) 頭痛➡ topic at illnessheadache
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2sb/sth that causes worry/difficulty引起煩惱的人或事ADJECTIVE | VERB + HEADACHE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, huge, major, real大難題▸➤constant沒完沒了的麻煩VERB + HEADACHE➤create製造麻煩◇These regulations have created major headaches for many businesses.這些規定給很多公司造成了大麻煩。PREPOSITION➤headache for讓⋯感到頭痛◇Uneven cash flow proved to be a major headache for the company.現金流動不均衡證明是讓該公司大為頭痛的事情。