pang
pang — 名詞
- pangsingular
- pangsplural
1. a short, intense feeling of pain that arrives without warning and may affect eit
一陣刺痛
突然出現的強烈身體或情感疼痛
a short, intense feeling of pain that arrives without warning and may affect either the body or the emotions — for example, a pang of hunger in the stomach or a pang of guilt over something you did wrong.
As Jenna watched the old couple holding hands, she felt a sudden pang of loneliness.
看著那對老夫妻牽著手，Jenna 突然感到一陣孤獨的刺痛。
Hunger pangs in his stomach reminded Takeshi that he had skipped breakfast.
胃裡飢餓引起的陣痛提醒 Takeshi 他沒吃早餐。
compound noun: hunger pangs
A pang of guilt hit Anjali when she realised she had forgotten her mother's birthday.
一陣罪惡感襲向 Anjali，她發現自己忘了母親的生日。
Zola felt a pang of sadness as she walked past the empty playground.
Zola 走過空無一人的遊樂場時，感到一陣悲傷。
Hugo felt a pang of envy when his friend got the promotion he wanted.
Hugo 看到朋友獲得了他想要的晉升機會，心中泛起一陣嫉妒。
文法句型
a pang of + [emotion/sensation]
hunger/birth/growth + pangs
用法筆記
The noun is most common in the pattern 'a pang of + [emotion or physical sensation]' or in compound forms like 'hunger pangs' and 'birth pangs'. It is countable but frequently used in the singular.
常見錯誤
pang — 動詞
- pangpresent simple I / you / we / they
- pangs3rd person singular
- panging-ing form
- pangedpast simple
1. to cause someone to suffer a sharp emotional pain, as if being pierced by a pang
折磨
使某人遭受精神上的劇烈痛苦
to cause someone to suffer a sharp emotional pain, as if being pierced by a pang; to trouble deeply.
The memory of their last quarrel still panged his heart with regret.
最後一次爭吵的回憶仍折磨著他的心，讓他充滿悔恨。
transitive verb: memory panged his heart
Guilt panged her conscience for years after the accident.
車禍過後許多年，罪惡感仍折磨著她的良心。
Regret panged Defne every time she passed the café where they used to meet.
每次經過他們以前見面的咖啡館，悔恨就折磨著 Defne。
The sight of the empty house panged Ignacio with a deep sense of loss.
空蕩蕩的屋子深深折磨著 Ignacio，讓他感到強烈的失落。
文法句型
something pangs someone
用法筆記
This verb is extremely rare in modern English. It appears almost exclusively in literary or poetic writing. In everyday speech, 'torment', 'trouble', or 'cause pain' are used instead.