hangover

名词 n.
/ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/    /ˈhæŋəʉ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɐʉ̯vəː/|/ˈhæŋoʊ̯vɚ/ ~ /ˈhæŋɔʊ̯vɚ/|/ˈheɪ̯ŋoʊ̯vɚ/|/ˈhɛ̃ŋoʊ̯vɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
    — I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.
  2. Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
    — Don't go overboard and find yourself with a sugar hangover that lasts for days and makes your diet days that much harder.
  3. An unpleasant relic left from prior events. figuratively
    — The one hangover from high school that colored part of my college career was the social requirement of having a boyfriend.
  4. A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope. historical
    — At the Twopenny Hangover, the lodgers sit in a row on a bench; there is a rope in front of them, and they lean on this as though leaning over a fence. A man, humorously called the valet, cuts the rope at five in the morning.

词形变化

hangovers plural hang-over alternative

词源

American English; hang + over. First sense was first attested in 1904. Second sense was first attested in 1894.
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