| 单词 | fever and ague |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfever and ague P1. fever and ague and variants: a disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever or fever and chills, esp. malaria; an instance or case of this. Cf. fever ague n. at Compounds 1. Chiefly U.S. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > malaria fever and ague1666 helodes1724 Roman fever1726 malaria1740 marsh fever1752 fen-fever1772 dumb ague1793 malaria fever1818 Panama fever1849 swamp fever1870 melanuric fever1875 tap1882 subtertian1902 1666 Brief Descr. Province Carolina 6 They Sympathize most with the Barmoodoes, which is the healthfullest spot in the World, and yet the last year they had a Feaver and Ague that troubled them much. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Apr. vi. 46 I have lately been very ill of a Fever and Ague. 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 p. iv Fever and ague..also visits the borders of limpid streams. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Agy, for ague; fever-nagy, for ‘fever and ague’. 1935 L. I. Wilder Little House on Prairie vii. 51 The bad night air so near the creek had given them fever 'n' ague. 1971 Lippincott's Mag. Feb. 129/1 When the citizens wished to give Thomson City the highest commendation, they did so by saying that ‘fevernagur’ was worse in some other places. 2008 Oregon Hist. Q. 109 40 Referred to as ‘fever and ague’ by contemporaries, malaria took a heavy toll on the Chinookan and Kalapuyan peoples. < as lemmas |
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