migraine: [14] The earliest English forms of this word were mygrame and mygrane, but eventually it became institutionalized as megrim. Not until the 18th century did what is now the standard form, migraine, begin to appear on the scene, probably as a reborrowing of the word’s original source, French migraine. This came via late Latin hēmicrānia from Greek hēmikrāníā, literally ‘half-skull’ (krāníon is the source of English cranium [16], and is distantly related to English horn). The etymological idea underlying the word is of ‘pain in one side of the head’. => cranium, horn
migraine (n.)
late 14c., megrim, from Old French migraigne (13c.), from vulgar pronunciation of Late Latin hemicrania "pain in one side of the head, headache," from Greek hemikrania, from hemi- "half" + kranion "skull" (see cranium). The Middle English form was re-spelled 1777 on the French model. Related: Migrainous.
实用例句
1. Other causes of migraine are VDU screens and strip-lighting.
偏头痛的其他诱因还有电脑的视频显示器和灯管照明。
来自柯林斯例句
2. These symptoms are particularly associated with migraine headaches.
这些症状尤其与偏头痛相关。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I'm getting a migraine.
我得了偏头痛。
来自《权威词典》
4. The drug improves the long - term outlook of migraine sufferers.
这种药使偏头痛患者的 长远 病况有所改善.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Diet may hold the clue to the causes of migraine.
