whiplash

名词 whiplash:

1. an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
   同义词：whiplash injury
2. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
   同义词：whip, lash

whip.lash

n.（名词）
The lash of a whip.
鞭打
An injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backward or forward.Also called In this sense, also called whiplash injury
鞭抽式损伤，头部受伤：由于头颈突然猛拧的一个动作，或者向前或者向右，造成的对颈椎的损伤也作 在此意义上也可称作 whiplash injury