/'hæŋəʊvə(r); `hæŋ,ovɚ/
n
1 unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol 宿醉（过量饮酒後的不适反应）
*The next morning he was suffering from/had a hangover. 他过量饮酒後第二天早上感到不适.
2 thing left from an earlier time 遗留物
*This procedure is a hangover from the old system. 这样的程序是从旧制度那里沿袭下来的.

n[C]
a pain in your head and a feeling of sickness that you get the day after you have drunk too much alcohol
　I had a terrible hangover the next day.
a hangover from sth
something from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful
　This feeling was a hangover from her schooldays.
　an institution which is a hangover from Victorian times