1. vi.隐隐作痛　have or suffer a continuous, but not violent, pain
2. vi.渴望　 long for; want very much to do or have sth, especially when it is impossible

　～ badly　痛得厉害
　～ periodically　周期地疼
　～ slightly　轻微地痛
　～ for　想念，渴望
　～ for a visit to Paris　渴望去巴黎访问
　～ for company　渴望有人陪伴
　～ for home　想家，渴望回家
　～ for one's children　想孩子
　～ for sb's friendship　渴望与某人交友
　～ with cold　冻得疼

　Philip's head began to ache.　菲利普的头开始痛起来。
　All his limbs ached and he shivered with cold.　他四肢隐隐作痛，冷得发抖。
　My leg's aching.(=My leg aches.)　我腿疼。
　My head aches badly.　我头痛得厉害。
　After climbing the mountain, I ached all over.　爬山以后，我感觉周身疼痛。
　His tooth ached all night.　他的牙疼了一整夜。
　She ached at the very thought of what might happen to her husband.　她一想到丈夫可能遭遇什么事儿，就感到忧心忡忡的。
　Her eyes ached from lack of sleep.　她的眼睛因睡眠不足而隐隐作痛。
　His muscles ached from chopping wood.　他的肌肉由于劈柴而隐隐作痛。
　My whole body was aching with weariness.　我累得周身疼痛。
　Her legs began to ache with cold.　她的腿冻得疼起来。
　My head aches when the weather is hot.　天一热我就头疼。
　At that time how we ached to be free!　那时我们多么渴望自由啊！
　Tom's heart ached to be free.　汤姆一心渴望自由。
　He is aching to get even.　他急于进行报复。
　She was aching to go.　她眼巴巴盼望着能去。
　She is aching to join in the game.　她渴望参加比赛。
　Who or what is he?Eby ached to know.　伊比急于想知道他是谁?
　Aching to see you again!　特别希望再见到你。
　I was aching to tell you all my news.　我巴不得把我听到的所有消息告诉你。

 ♣ ache for　(v.+prep.)
　〔说明〕 ache for极少用于被动结构。
1. 同情，怜悯 feel sympathy or pity
　Her heart aches for the homeless children.　她同情那些无家可归的孩子。
　Her heart ached for the starving refugees.　她从心里怜悯这些忍饥挨饿的难民们。
　My heart aches for you.　我很心疼你。
　She ached for the hurt little dog.　她心疼那只受伤的小狗。
　The workers' hearts ached for him and they begged him to wear gloves to prevent any more gashes.　工人们都心疼他，劝他干活时戴上手套以免划伤。
2. 渴望，想念 long for
　All of us are aching for him.　我们大家都在想念他。
　He is aching for his mother.　他想念他的妈妈。
　Her heart aches for her husband.　她的心里思念着她的丈夫。
　Gara was aching for a cigarette.　加拉渴望能抽支烟。
　All winter Imes has been aching for sunshine.　整个冬季艾姆斯都在盼望着晴朗的天气。
　I was aching for home.　我很想回家。
　The lonely girl aches for home.　那个孤寂的姑娘渴望有个家。
　The children ached for a sight of the parade.　孩子们渴望看到游行。
　We ached for his friendship.　我们渴望他的友谊。
　His heart aches for her love.　他渴望得到她的爱。
 ♣ My heart aches for you!
　太可怜了！My heart bleeds for you!
　〔说明〕 常用于反讥或幽默，而非真的可怜、心疼。
　"I've got to be up by eight tomorrow morning to get to work early.""My heart aches for you—I get up at half past six every day at the moment."　“明天我必须8点前起床，以便上班早一些。”“起那么早，我太心疼你了。眼下我都是6:30起床。”
　You've only got a twenty per cent pay increase?My heart aches for you!　你的薪水仅增加了20%?太可怜了！

 ♣ ache for, die for, hunger for, long for, sigh for, starve for, thirst for
　这组短语间的区别是：
1. 这组短语都可以表示“渴望得到某物”或“渴望做某事”; ache for和sigh for还可表示“想念某人”; hunger for还可表示“渴望知道某情况”。
2. 这组短语都可以人作主语；ache for和thirst for还可用表示身体某部位的名词作主语。
3. 这组短语都可以物作宾语；ache for, long for和sigh for还可以人作宾语。
4. ache for和die for多用于进行时态；hunger for和thirst for多用于一般时态；而long for则可用于各种时态。
5. 除starve for可用于被动语态作“缺乏”解外，其他6个短语极少用于被动语态。
6. die for表示的是极端渴望；ache for和long for表示的是强烈的渴望；其他4个短语所表示的语气则相对较轻。
7. ache for和long for是口语用法；sigh for是文学用语；其他4个短语则属于比喻用法。

1. U C 疼痛　a continuous, but not violent, pain
2. U C 渴望　(mainly literary) a strong feeling that you want sth that you cannot have

　aggravate the ～s　加剧疼痛
　alleviate ～　减轻痛苦
　cause ～　引起疼痛
　cure an ～　治好疼痛
　feel ～s　感到疼痛
　get ～s　感到疼痛
　have ～s　感到疼痛
　relieve sb's ～　减轻某人的疼痛
　soothe ～s　镇痛
　stand the ～s　忍受疼痛
　suffer from an ～　遭受痛苦
　awful ～　厉害的疼痛
　bad ～　厉害的疼痛
　chronic ～　慢性疼痛
　continuous ～　持续性疼痛
　dull ～　隐痛
　incessant ～　连续疼痛
　local ～　局部的疼痛
　miserable ～　难受的疼痛
　nagging ～　使人烦恼的疼痛
　nasty ～　严重的疼痛
　numbing ～　令人麻木的痛
　persistent ～　持续性疼痛
　raking ～　剧烈的疼痛
　severe ～　非常痛
　sick ～　呕吐性疼痛
　slight ～　轻微的疼痛
　splitting ～　要裂开似的疼痛
　steady ～　持续的疼痛
　back ～　背痛
　ear ～　耳痛
　muscles ～　肌肉疼痛
　stomach ～　胃痛
　tooth ～ remedy　牙痛药
　tooth ～　牙痛
　in agonies with tooth～　苦于牙痛
　～ in my heart　我心中的隐痛
　～ in one's heart　心脏痛
　～ in the back　背痛
　～ in the stomach　胃痛
　～ of loneliness　寂寞的折磨
　～ over one's brows　额头痛

　The ache in my head abated.　我的头疼减轻了。
　The ache is gone.　疼痛消失了。
　Muscular aches follow hard exercise.　剧烈运动之后肌肉会疼痛。
　My stomach ache developed.　我的肚子疼得更厉害了。
　"Where is the ache?" asked the doctor.　“哪儿疼?”医生问。
　A heartache is almost more than he could stand.　他心口疼得几乎忍不住了。
　A toothache can get you down.　牙疼真折腾人。
　I've had stomach ache all morning.　整个早上我胃痛。
　The ointment will relieve the ache.　这个药膏会减轻疼痛。
　It seemed almost impossible to stand the ache and the smart without crying.　要想忍住剧痛不哭几乎是不可能的。
　The doctor gave me some medicine to ease my headache.　医生给了我点药以减轻我的头痛。
　He gets a headache when the weather is hot.　天一热他就头疼。
　I seldom get headaches.　我很少头痛。
　I have got toothache, so I must go to a dentist.　我牙疼，必须去看牙医。
　Too much chocolate will give you a toothache.　吃太多的巧克力会使你牙痛。
　I don't like them to know I had a headache.　我不愿意让他们知道我头痛。
　I was confined to my bed by a headache.　我被头痛困在床上。
　What is the best cure for a headache?　治疗头痛最好的方法是什么?
　She often suffered from stomachaches.　她经常胃痛。
　She laboured under a severe headache.　她为头痛所苦。
　I am troubled with a headache.　我正受头疼的困扰。
　I felt a brief intense ache of happiness.　我油然生出一阵对幸福的强烈渴望。
　She felt a dull ache in her shoulder.　她感到肩胛隐隐作痛。
　He was so frightened that he forgot the aches in his legs.　他吓得连腿疼都忘了。
　I have an ache in my stomach.　我胃痛。
　I've got a dull ache in my lower back.　我的腰有些隐痛。
　The medicine has soothed the ache in my tooth.　这药缓解了我的牙疼。
　There was a dull ache in his bones as he sat in the unheated room.　他坐在没有暖气的房间里，骨头酸痛起来。
　There were aches in her bones.　她的身子骨痛。
　There was an ache in his heart like the farewell to a dear woman.　他心中就像与情人永别那样痛苦。

 ♣ aches and pains　
　全身疼痛　pains all over sb's body
　Muscular aches and pains can be soothed by a relaxing massage.　做放松按摩可以减轻肌肉疼痛。
　As you get older, you have all sorts of aches and pains.　人老了，你就会有各种各样的病痛。
　She had aches and pains all over after the four-day trip.　四天的旅行后她感到浑身上下十分疼痛。
　He suffers from aches and pains.　他感到疼痛难忍。
　He told me about all his aches and pains.　他把他的大小疼痛都告诉了我。
　My body was all aches and pains.　我全身疼痛。
　Take no notice of him complaining — he's always full of little aches and pains.　不要听他诉苦——他总是小毛病不断。
　My old grandfather was always com-plaining of his aches and pains.　我的老祖父老是说他身上这儿痛那儿痛的。
　I wish she would be a bit more cheerful; she is always complaining of her aches and pains.　我希望她会愉快一点，她总是这儿疼、那儿痛地嘀咕个没完没了。

 ♣ ache, pain, sting, stitch
　这组词的共同意思是“疼痛”。其区别是：
1. pain使用最广泛，可替换本组其他各词。pain所表示的疼痛，可以是全身的，也可以是局部的；可以是剧烈的，也可以是轻微的；可以是长时间的，也可以是短暂的；可以是身体上的，也可以是精神上的。而ache多指局部的、轻微的、持续的身体疼痛，尤指隐痛、闷痛，少指精神上的痛苦。例如“她痛得直叫。”显然是剧烈的、暂时的，故应译为She cried with pain.再如：As the infection developed, the dull ache in his joints became a sharp stabbing pain.由于感染的发展，他关节的隐痛变成了剧烈的刺痛。
2. sting指“刺痛”，主要指植物的刺或动物叮蜇所引起的刺痛，也可指精神上所受到的刺激。例如：
　The sting of coral can be very painful.　珊瑚刺伤可引起剧痛。
　I still feel the sting of her bitter remarks.　她的刻薄话现在仍使我感到痛心。
3. stitch特指胁部疼痛且往往伴以痉挛。例如：
　All that dancing gave me a stitch in my side.　一直跳舞，我的胁部好疼呀！
4. ache可以和表示身体一部分的名词构成复合词，而其他几个词则不能。
 ♣ Do you have a toothache? Have you got a toothache?
　这里涉及的是have作“有”解时构成疑问句的两种结构间的区别。
1. 美式英语中只用do have一种结构。
2. 英式英语中，"Do you have a toothache?"表示“你常牙疼吗?”; "Have you got tooth ache?"表示“你（现在）牙疼吗?”
3. 由于美式英语对英式英语的影响越来越大，上述区别在疑问句中已不严格，越来越多的英国人已经采用了美国的用法。不过在否定句中这两种结构仍有明显区别。试比较以下两句：

　［派生词］ achy adj.疼痛的
　［同义词］ v. be sore, feel pain, hurt, smart n. grief, hurt, pain, sorrow, sting, stitch, suffering
　［词源］古英语acan<中古英语aken（痛）