If you are hungover, you feel ill because you drank too much alcohol the evening before. Your head hurts, your mouth is dry, your stomach feels wrong, and light or noise can seem too sharp. You are not still drunk: the drink has mostly left you, but your body is paying for last night.

If you are hungover如果你hungover（宿醉）的話，you feel ill你會覺得不舒服，because you drank too much alcohol the evening before因為前一晚喝太多酒了。Your head hurts頭會痛，your mouth is dry嘴巴會很乾，your stomach feels wrong胃會不舒服，and light or noise can seem too sharp光線或聲音也會覺得特別刺眼刺耳。You are not still drunk你並不是還醉著：the drink has mostly left you酒精大部分已經退了，but your body is paying for last night但身體正在為昨晚付出代價。

Friends say it the morning after a party or a wedding. It is informal — natural in chat, a little loose in a formal letter. People also write it as two words, hung over.

Friends say it朋友會這樣說，the morning after a party or a wedding在派對或婚禮隔天早上。It is informal這是不正式的說法——natural in chat在聊天時很自然，a little loose in a formal letter用在正式信件裡就有點隨便。People also write it as two words也有人把它拆成兩個字寫，hung over寫成hung over。

Though actually, people stretch it. You will hear “I feel hungover” after a very late night with no drink, or after too much sugar. That is playful.

Though actually不過事實上，people stretch it人們會把它的用法延伸。You will hear "I feel hungover"你會聽到有人說「I feel hungover」，after a very late night with no drink在熬了一個很晚的夜、卻沒喝酒之後，or after too much sugar或吃了太多糖之後。That is playful這是一種開玩笑的說法。

The real centre of the word is still last night’s drinking. The matching noun is hangover: that is the thing you have. Hungover is how you feel.

The real centre of the word這個字真正的核心，is still last night's drinking仍然是昨晚喝的酒。The matching noun is hangover對應的名詞是hangover（宿醉）：that is the thing you have那是你「有」的東西；Hungover is how you feelhungover則是你「感覺」的樣子。