- heart-ache (n.)
[heart-ache 词源字典]
- also heartache, late Old English heort ece "physical pain in or near the heart;" from heart (n.) + ache (n.). Sense of "anguish of mind" is from c. 1600; Old English did, however, have heartsarnes "grief," literally "heart-soreness;" Middle English had herte-smerte "sorrow, contrition."[heart-ache etymology, heart-ache origin, 英语词源]