A griping pain is a sudden, sharp pain in the stomach, the kind that comes in waves and makes you want to fold up. Doctors and older writers use griping this way: the belly feels seized, as if something inside were squeezing. The base word is gripe, a pain of that sort.

A griping painGriping pain is a sudden, sharp pain in the stomach是一種突然、劇烈的腹痛， the kind that comes in waves and makes you want to fold up那種一陣一陣來、讓你想蜷起身體的痛。 Doctors and older writers use griping this way醫生和比較舊式的作者會這樣用griping： the belly feels seized, as if something inside were squeezing肚子感覺被抓緊，好像裡面有東西在擠壓。 The base word is gripe字根是gripe， a pain of that sort就是這種痛。

Though actually, in everyday talk now, griping is more often the -ing form of a different use of gripe: to complain in a small, repeated way (“Stop griping”). That complaining sense is very common; the stomach sense is narrower and a bit old-fashioned, but it is still the meaning in phrases like a griping pain.

Though actually不過其實， in everyday talk now在現在的日常口語裡， griping is more often the -ing form of a different use of gripegriping更常是gripe另一個意思的-ing形式： to complain in a small, repeated way ("Stop griping")小小聲、反覆地抱怨（像Stop griping）。 That complaining sense is very common這種抱怨的意思很常見； the stomach sense is narrower and a bit old-fashioned肚子痛那個意思比較少見、也比較舊式， but it is still the meaning in phrases like a griping pain但a griping pain這種說法裡，指的還是肚子痛。

Stress and spelling both matter, because gripping (with a double p, from grip) means “so exciting you cannot look away.”

Stress and spelling both matter重音和拼法都很重要， because gripping (with a double p, from grip)因為gripping（兩個p，來自grip） means "so exciting you cannot look away."意思是「精彩到讓你目不轉睛」。