PAIN Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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pain

[ peyn ]

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noun

physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
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a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body:
a back pain.
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mental or emotional suffering or torment:
I am sorry my news causes you such pain.
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pains,
1. laborious or careful efforts; assiduous care:
  Great pains have been taken to repair the engine perfectly.
2. the suffering of childbirth.
Informal. an annoying or troublesome person or thing.

verb (used with object)

to cause physical pain to; hurt.
to cause (someone) mental or emotional pain; distress:
Your sarcasm pained me.
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verb (used without object)

to have or give pain.

pain

/ 辫别瑟苍 /

noun

the sensation of acute physical hurt or discomfort caused by injury, illness, etc
emotional suffering or mental distress
on pain of
subject to the penalty of
informal.
Also calledpain in the necktaboopain in the arse a person or thing that is a nuisance

verb

to cause (a person) distress, hurt, grief, anxiety, etc
informal.
to annoy; irritate

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

耻苍顎僤别谤路辫补颈苍顎� noun
耻苍路辫补颈苍顎僫苍驳 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pain¹

First recorded in 1250鈥�1300; Middle English peine 鈥減unishment, torture, pain,鈥� from Old French, from Latin poena 鈥減enalty, pain,鈥� from Greek 辫辞颈苍岣� 鈥减别苍补濒迟测鈥�

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pain¹

C13: from Old French peine, from Latin poena punishment, grief, from Greek 辫辞颈苍脓 penalty

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

feel no pain, Informal. to be intoxicated:
After all that free beer, we were feeling no pain.
on / upon / under pain of, liable to the penalty of:
on pain of death.
pain in the ass, Slang: Vulgar. pain ( def 5 ).
pain in the neck, Informal. pain ( def 5 ).

More idioms and phrases containing pain

at pains
feel no pain
for one's pains
growing pains
no pain, no gain
on pain of

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Synonym Study

Pain , ache , agony , anguish are terms for sensations causing suffering or torment. Pain and ache usually refer to physical sensations (except heartache ); agony and anguish may be physical or mental. Pain suggests a sudden sharp twinge: a pain in one's ankle. Ache applies to a continuous pain, whether acute or dull: headache; muscular aches. Agony implies a continuous, excruciating, scarcely endurable pain: in agony from a wound. Anguish suggests not only extreme and long-continued pain, but also a feeling of despair. See care.

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But both Nick and Ginny take pains to declare it鈥檚 not like that.

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"Seeing people cut the tree has always caused me a lot of pain in my heart," he said.

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"To my people in Palestine: I feel your pain, I see your suffering; and I see freedom and it is very very soon."

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"I know that the length of time it has taken to provide them with the answers they have been searching for has added to that pain."

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Mrs Sebastian told the inquest that the pain of her death was "too much to bear" and Elise was "badly let down by the system".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

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