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Whiplash is a neck injury. In a car crash — most often when another car hits you from behind — your car is pushed forward suddenly but your head stays where it is for a moment, then snaps forward and back again. That fast whip-like movement stretches and tears the muscles and other soft parts of the neck.
Whiplash is a neck injury.Whiplash是一種頸部的傷。In a car crash在車禍中 — most often when another car hits you from behind最常見的是後方被另一輛車追撞 — your car is pushed forward suddenly你的車會突然被往前推, but your head stays where it is for a moment但你的頭會有那麼一瞬間留在原地, then snaps forward and back again然後才猛然向前再向後甩。That fast whip-like movement stretches and tears the muscles and other soft parts of the neck.那個像鞭子一樣快速的動作會拉伸並撕裂頸部的肌肉和其他軟組織。
The pain and stiffness often do not start straight away; many people feel fine at the scene and only wake up sore the next morning, which is why doctors ask you to come back.
The pain and stiffness often do not start straight away疼痛和僵硬通常不會馬上出現; many people feel fine at the scene很多人在現場當下感覺沒事, and only wake up sore the next morning隔天早上醒來才發現全身痠痛, which is why doctors ask you to come back這就是為什麼醫生會要你回診。
It is uncountable in this medical use: you 'get whiplash' or 'suffer whiplash', not 'a whiplash'. You will also meet it as 'whiplash injury'. The word is very common in talk about insurance and compensation claims in Britain, sometimes with a doubting tone, because it is an injury that does not show on an X-ray.
It is uncountable in this medical use在這種醫學用法裡它是不可數名詞: you 'get whiplash' or 'suffer whiplash', not 'a whiplash'你會說「get whiplash」或「suffer whiplash」，不會說「a whiplash」。You will also meet it as 'whiplash injury'.你也會看到「whiplash injury」這個說法。The word is very common in talk about insurance and compensation claims in Britain這個字在英國談保險和求償理賠時非常常見, sometimes with a doubting tone有時候帶著一點懷疑的語氣, because it is an injury that does not show on an X-ray因為這是一種在X光片上看不出來的傷。
The same word has an older, plainer meaning: the lash of a whip, the thin end that does the hitting — and from that people use 'whiplash' for any sudden violent back-and-forth movement, as in 'the whiplash of the branch' or, in news writing, 'economic whiplash' for prices or policy swinging quickly one way then the other. As a verb, something whiplashes when it moves like that.
The same word has an older, plainer meaning這個字還有一個比較古老、比較單純的意思: the lash of a whip, the thin end that does the hitting就是鞭子甩動的那一下，負責抽打的那條細細的尾端 — and from that people use 'whiplash' for any sudden violent back-and-forth movement從這個意思延伸，人們會用whiplash來指任何突然又劇烈的前後甩動, as in 'the whiplash of the branch'像是「the whiplash of the branch」, or, in news writing, 'economic whiplash' for prices or policy swinging quickly one way then the other或是在新聞寫作裡用「economic whiplash」來形容物價或政策快速地一下這樣一下那樣擺盪。As a verb, something whiplashes when it moves like that.當動詞用時，某樣東西這樣移動就叫whiplashes。
組成whip + lash. A 'lash' is the long thin cord of a whip, so a whiplash is the whip's tip — the part that flicks fast and hard. The injury is named after that flicking movement, not after being hit.
原始詞典資料5 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。
whiplashnoun/ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/
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The lash of a whip.
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An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip.
- Of the nine staff in the third coach, most had been having a break, drinking tea or reading. One suffered a fractured skull, another a fractured shoulder. All were either thrown along or across the coach, sustaining cuts, bruising and whiplash injuries.
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An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.
- tonal whiplash
- Some parents, feeling too hurt by the push-off or taking their teenager’s rejections too personally, choose to make themselves unavailable. In some ways it does feel better to avoid episodes of emotional whiplash.
whiplashverb/ˈwɪpˌlæʃ/
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To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
- […] Ms. Kennedy has been whiplashed by assertions that she is at once protected and presumptuous.
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To lash as if with a whip.
- After a while, he let go of my hand in order to protect his own face from being whiplashed by the low branches.
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。