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A migraine is not just a bad headache. It is a fierce pain, often on one side of the head and behind the eyes, that can last hours or even a day or two. Many people also feel sick, hate bright light or loud sound, and sometimes see flashing lights or a strange zigzag before the pain starts.
A migraine migraine is not just a bad headache不只是很嚴重的頭痛 It is a fierce pain它是一種劇烈的痛 often on one side of the head and behind the eyes通常在頭的一側和眼睛後面 that can last hours or even a day or two可以持續好幾個小時，甚至一兩天 Many people also feel sick很多人還會覺得噁心 hate bright light or loud sound討厭強光或大聲的聲音 and sometimes see flashing lights or a strange zigzag有時候會看到閃光或奇怪的鋸齒形狀 before the pain starts在痛開始之前。
Some people get it now and then; some get it often. You can say I have a migraine or a migraine attack.
Some people get it now and then有些人偶爾才發作 some get it often有些人常常發作 You can say你可以說 I have a migraine or a migraine attack「I have a migraine」或「a migraine attack」。
Though actually a lot of people call any terrible headache a migraine; doctors keep the word for this fuller pattern, and even then it is not always one-sided.
Though actually不過其實 a lot of people call any terrible headache a migraine很多人把任何嚴重頭痛都叫migraine doctors keep the word醫生則把這個字留給 for this fuller pattern這個更完整的症狀組合 and even then it is not always one-sided而且就算如此也不一定是單側的。
The word is ordinary — you can tell a teacher or a boss and they will understand you need to stop. It is not slang, and it is not rare.
The word is ordinary這個字很普通 you can tell a teacher or a boss你可以告訴老師或老闆 and they will understand you need to stop他們會懂你需要停下來休息 It is not slang它不是俚語 and it is not rare也不罕見。
組成English earlier had megrim; later it was respelt, following French, as migraine. From Old French migraigne, from a spoken form of Latin hemicrania, “a pain in one half of the head,” from Greek hēmi- (half) + kraníon (the skull). Cognate with megrim and hemicrania.
同家族的字
- craniumthe same Greek piece for the skull
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
migrainenoun/ˈmaɪɡɹeɪn/
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medicinepathologysciencesA severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.
- He had a headache so bad that he wished he was dead, but it was the sort of migraine that promised him he would continue to suffer but not die.
- After consuming too much coffee every day for six weeks, she got severe migraines that would last up until 47 minutes after her first cup of coffee.
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medicinepathologysciencesA neurological condition characterised by such headaches.
- Syncope is estimated to occur in bouts of headache in approximately 5% of adult patients with migraine.
- Migraine is characterized by recurrent unilateral, often pulsating, headaches, worsened by physical activity and associated with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。