Pang



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.一阵剧痛
• ［英］ n.一阵剧痛 ( sudden sharp feeling of pain)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a brief piercing spasm of pain
• 2. a sharp attack of mental anguish <pangs of remorse><a pang of jealousy struck me — Graham Greene>

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1502
• to cause to have pangs ; torment

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