English Dictionary

ice cream headache

名詞

A type of headache caused by cold around the brain, either at the back of the throat when eating icecream (as the name suggests), or from cold around the outside of the head. The latter is well known to surfers in cold windy conditions.

日本語の意味

冷たいもの（アイスクリームなど）の摂取や周囲の冷気によって、脳や頭部外側に冷感が伝播し引き起こされる急性の頭痛。 / アイスクリームを食べた際に喉の奥や脳の周辺で感じる冷感が原因で発生する頭痛。 / 寒冷刺激により一時的に生じる頭痛。

After two bites of the sundae I got an ice cream headache, and later that afternoon a cold wind gave me the same sharp pain across my forehead.

サンデーを二口食べたあと、ブレインフリーズになり、その日の午後には冷たい風で額に同じような鋭い痛みが走った。

意味（1）

A type of headache caused by cold around the brain, either at the back of the throat when eating icecream (as the name suggests), or from cold around the outside of the head. The latter is well known to surfers in cold windy conditions.

In my wilder days as a winter surfer we all knew about the sickening frontal headache that resulted within seconds of driving through a breaking wave. The pain continued for 20 to 30 seconds, only to be reinforced by the next breaking wave. Even then (35 years ago) we always referred to the pain as the ice cream headache.

ice cream headaches （ plural ）