hangover
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hang·o·ver /ˈhæŋəʊvə $ -oʊvər/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 MIDFDa pain in your head and a feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol 宿醉 I had a terrible hangover the next day. 第二天我的宿醉反应很厉害。► see thesaurus at headache2 a hangover from something REMAIN/BE LEFTsomething from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful 旧时遗留之物〔已不需要或有用〕 This feeling was a hangover from her schooldays. 这种情感是她学生时代遗留下来的。 an institution which is a hangover from Victorian times 维多利亚时代留存下来的机构
Examples from the Corpus
hangover• I was grateful, as I had never before experienced what is euphemistically called a hangover.• Could you try to keep the noise down? I've got a hangover.• After all you had to drink last night, I'm surprised you don't have a hangover.• The company's debt is a hangover from its attempts to expand too rapidly.• She knew that her feeling of awkwardness in social situations was a hangover from her schooldays• I hope it gave them an almighty hangover.• Whatever one's political leanings, the threat of serious disruption from the miners, union seemed quite evidently an ideological hangover.• Extra vitamins, especially B. And I think the medical social worker, once she's over her present hangover.• The plants that grew over their grave are believed to remedy hangovers.• Kevin woke up the next day with a terrible hangover.• It's the hangover from twenty-four hours of daft behaviour.had a ... hangover• Elaine had a hangover and the shrill ringing of the telephone made her head ache even more.• With the wild night, after two months, sobriety, he had a hangover would stiffen an eel.• When Maria knocked on the door at half past five I woke as if I had a hangover.• I had a hangover that was mutating into some kind of brain disorder.• She had a hangover already and she hadn't even finished drinking.hang·o·ver nounChineseSyllable
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hangover
hang‧o‧ver /ˈhæŋəʊvə $ -oʊvər/
noun [countable]
1. a pain in your head and a feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol:
I had a terrible hangover the next day.
2. a hangover from something something from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful:
This feeling was a hangover from her schooldays.
an institution which is a hangover from Victorian times
▪ headache a pain in your head: Looking at a computer for a long time can give you a headache.
▪hangover a headache and feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol: The next day I had a terrible hangover.
▪migraine /ˈmiːɡreɪn, ˈmaɪ- $ ˈmaɪ-/ a very bad headache, which makes you feel sick and have difficulty seeing: He has suffered from migraines all his life.
hang‧o‧ver /ˈhæŋəʊvə $ -oʊvər/
noun [countable]1. a pain in your head and a feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol:
2. a hangover from something something from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful:
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