migraine

migraine — 名詞

1. A very painful form of headache. It can also make you feel sick, throw up, or ha

1.名詞B2
釋義

偏頭痛

一種劇烈頭痛，常伴隨噁心、嘔吐、怕光

A very painful form of headache. It can also make you feel sick, throw up, or have trouble seeing clearly. The pain is often strong and beating and may affect only one side.

例句

Liang felt a bad migraine coming on during the afternoon meeting.

Liang 在下午開會時感覺到嚴重的偏頭痛要發作了。

feel + a migraine + coming on for describing the onset

The bright screen triggered a migraine that ruined Camila's entire evening.

明亮的螢幕引發了偏頭痛，毀了 Camila 整個晚上。

trigger + a migraine for a common cause

同義詞
  • headache

    A general term for any pain in the head. Migraine is a specific, much more severe type that includes nausea and vision problems.

文法句型

have + a migraine

suffer from + migraines

migraine + noun (e.g. migraine attack, migraine sufferer)

用法筆記

Can be used as an uncountable noun when referring to the medical condition in general ('She suffers from migraine'), or as a countable noun when referring to a specific attack ('I had a migraine yesterday').

常見錯誤

❌I have a migraine.' (for a normal headache).
✅I have a headache.
💡Migraine is a specific medical condition with symptoms far beyond ordinary head pain, so it should not be used for everyday headaches.