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- a continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body疼痛：
the ache in her head worsened
她的头痛加剧了
mass noun he had stomach ache.他胃痛。
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- in sing. figurative an emotion experienced with painful or bitter-sweet intensity〈喻〉痛苦（一种恼人或苦乐参半的情感）：
an ache in her heart.
她心中的一点痛。
no obj.
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- (of a person or bodily part) suffer from a continuous dull pain（人或身体的某个部位）疼痛：
I'm aching all over
我浑身疼痛
my legs ached from the previous day's exercise
前一天锻炼以后我两腿酸痛
as adj. aching aching feet.疼痛的双脚。
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- figurative feel intense sadness or compassion〈喻〉哀痛, 怜悯：
she sat still and silent, her heart aching
她坐着不动, 一言不发, 心中哀痛不已
she looked so tired that my heart ached for her.
她看上去如此疲惫, 我都为她感到心疼了。
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- feel an intense desire for渴望 ：
she ached for his touch
她渴望他的抚摸
with infinitive he was aching to get his hands on the ball.他渴望自己能得到球。
短语
aches and pains
- minor pains and discomforts, especially in the muscles（尤指肌肉）轻微疼痛和不适。
派生词
achingly
adverb让我心痛的熟悉声音。
词源
Old English æce (noun)， acan (verb). In Middle and early modern English the noun was spelled atche and rhymed with 'batch' and the verb was spelled and pronounced as it is today. The noun began to be pronounced like the verb around 1,700. The modern spelling is largely due to Dr Johnson， who mistakenly assumed its derivation to be from Greek akhos 'pain'.