hangover

• n. 宿醉；殘留物；遺物

比喻用法。參照電影《宿醉》。

hangover (n.)

also hang-over, 1894, "a survival, a thing left over from before," from hang (v.) + over. Meaning "after-effect of excessive drinking" is attested by 1902, American English, on notion of something left over from the night before.

1. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.

作為食品配給製的一種遺留影響，他們總把黃油和人造黃油混在一起吃。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He appeared at breakfast bleary-eyed and with a hangover.

他吃早餐時兩眼迷糊，宿醉未醒。

來自《權威詞典》

3. She woke up with a terrible hangover.

她醒來時宿醉反應很厲害。

來自《權威詞典》

4. a hangover of Wagnerian proportions

強烈的宿醉反應

來自《權威詞典》

5. I had one hell of a hangover the next morning.

第二天早上宿醉讓我難受死了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》