Heartburn is a body feeling, not a feeling of the heart. Acid from your stomach comes up and makes an unpleasant burning in your chest or the top of your stomach. It often follows a big meal, spicy food, coffee, or lying down too soon.

Heartburnheartburn是 a body feeling身體的感覺, not不是 a feeling of the heart心裡的感覺。Acid from your stomach comes up你胃裡的胃酸往上跑 and makes並造成 an unpleasant burning in your chest or the top of your stomach胸口或上腹部一種不舒服的灼熱感。It它 often follows常常發生在 a big meal吃了一頓大餐後, spicy food吃辣的之後, coffee喝咖啡之後, or or lying down too soon太快躺下之後。

The name is a trap for learners: it sits near where people think the heart is, so older English called it a burn of the heart, but it is the food pipe and stomach, not the heart muscle. Though actually, because the burn is in the chest, people sometimes worry it is a heart attack — which is why it is worth knowing that the everyday word is about acid, while strange or severe chest pain is a question for a doctor, not for a dictionary.

The name這個字 is是 a trap for learners讓學習者容易誤會的陷阱: it它 sits near where people think the heart is位置靠近大家以為心臟在的地方, so所以 older English older英文 called it a burn of the heart把它叫做「心的灼燒」, but但 it它 is其實是 the food pipe and stomach食道和胃的問題, not不是 the heart muscle心臟肌肉的問題。Though actually不過其實, because the burn is in the chest因為灼熱感是在胸口, people sometimes worry it is a heart attack人們有時候會擔心是不是心臟病發作——which is why it is worth knowing所以值得知道 that the everyday word is about acid這個日常用字講的是胃酸, while strange or severe chest pain is a question for a doctor, not for a dictionary而奇怪或嚴重的胸痛該問醫生，不是查字典。

It is a common informal noun. In clinics you may also hear reflux, or GERD for the longer problem that brings heartburn again and again.

It它 is是 a common informal noun常見的口語名詞。In clinics在診所裡 you may also hear你也可能會聽到 refluxreflux, or or GERDGERD for the longer problem that brings heartburn again and again用來指反覆發作的長期問題。

You get heartburn, have heartburn; it is not sadness, and it is not heartache.

You get heartburn, have heartburn你會說 get heartburn 或 have heartburn; it它 is not不是 sadness傷心, and而 it它 is not也不是 heartacheheartache。