pang
noun/pæŋ/
/pæŋ/
- a sudden strong feeling of physical or emotional pain
突然的疼痛（或痛苦）；一阵剧痛 - hunger pangs/pangs of hunger
饥饿之苦 - a sudden pang of jealousy
突然涌来的嫉妒 - She looked at Susan and saw with a pang how tired and frail she seemed.
她看着苏珊，痛苦地发现她看上去是多么疲惫和虚弱。
Extra Examples- He experienced a sudden pang of conscience.
他突然感到一阵内疚。 - He felt the first pangs of desire when he saw his new teacher.
见到新来的老师时，他第一次感到自己强烈的渴望。 - a passing pang of regret
一阵短暂的悔恨 - The photograph gave her a pang of homesickness.
这张照片勾起了她的乡愁。 - With a pang she recalled the last time she had seen him.
她痛苦地回忆起最后一次见到他的情景。 - the birth pangs of the new technology
新技术诞生时的阵痛
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
- little
- slight
- …
- experience
- feel
- suffer
- …
- with a pang
- pang of
Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps an alteration of prong. - hunger pangs/pangs of hunger