- 1n/ˈbækeɪk/背痛
a pain in your back, usually a dull one that keeps going for hours or days rather than hurting sharply for a second.
backache 由 back（背）加上 ache 組成，ache 可以想成「一直在那裡、悶悶的痛」，跟突然刺一下的 sharp pain 不一樣：搬東西閃到那一下通常說 a sharp pain in my back，坐太久、書包太重慢慢累積出來的才叫 backache。中文如果痛的是下背和腰，我們會分成「腰痛」，但英文上下背都用 backache。英式英語說 have backache（不加 a），美式說 have a backache，兩種都很常見。
示範例句 · Example
Dad has backache again after moving all those boxes.
中文翻譯爸爸在搬完所有那些箱子之後又有背痛了。
常見搭配
have backache
背在痛
to be feeling pain in your back (British English)
I've had backache since that long bus ride.
get a backache
開始背痛
to start to feel pain in your back
I get a backache if I sit at the computer too long.
a bad backache
很嚴重的背痛
a backache that hurts a lot
Sam stayed home with a bad backache.
give someone backache
讓某人背痛
to make someone's back hurt
That old wooden chair gives me backache.
suffer from backache
長期為背痛所苦
to have pain in your back often, over a long time
Many delivery drivers suffer from backache.
ease the backache
緩解背痛
to make the pain in your back feel less
A warm bath can ease the backache.
意思相近
back painsore backlumbago
core核心畫面
Picture the word as exactly its two halves: back + . Not a sharp stab that comes and goes in a second, but the low, heavy, dragging kind of pain that sits in your back all afternoon and is still there when you go to bed.