ache for sth, Reduce Statin-Related Muscle Aches

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ache for sth 

phrasal verb LITERARY to want something very much: 渴望

He was lonely and aching for love.

ache noun [C] 1 a continuous pain which is unpleasant but not strong: As you get older, you have all sorts of aches and pains. 

I've got a dull (= slight) ache in my lower back.

The First Ache

By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL

When does the experience of pain begin? Anti-abortion activists aren’t the only ones to argue that it may be in the womb.

2 used in combinations with parts of the body to mean a continuous pain in the stated part: earache/headache/toothache/backache I've had a stomach ache all morning. 

  ache 

 verb [I] My head/tooth/back aches. I ache/I'm aching all over. I've got one or two aching muscles after yesterday's run. 

  achy  adjective INFORMAL I've been feeling tired and achy (= full of pains) all morning.