单词 | fervour |
释义 | fervourfervorn. 1. a. Glowing condition, intense heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat ferventness1398 fervence14.. fervourc1440 broil1583 fervency1598 ardour1645 ardency1677 fervidity1727 incandescence1849 sizzle1964 c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxxiv They..panten soo strongly that they brast into bodily feruours. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 1164/2 These prayers..of his holye Martirs, in the feruoure of theyr torment. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1317 A number of Lamps which..yeelds vnto the roome an immoderate feruor. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 184 Some pow'r divine..Sent a tall stag..To cool his fervor in the crystal flood. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 207 Such effects follow naturally the fervour of an African climate. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 102 Those deserts..whose..fervors scarce allowed A bird to live. 1891 Sir R. Ball in Argus (Melbourne) 16 May The moon was also doubtless in a condition of equal fervour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > agitation of liquid in boiling walmOE welling1371 boilingc1380 fervence14.. fervoura1440 play1440 effervescence1651 exaestuation1666 effervescency1681 estuation1684 wambling1686 popple1826 soubresaut1849 tottling1864 a1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 43 The swellynge [sea], yn his feruor..leift vp hym-self. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxi. 240 All Fervor or Seething is not caused by Fire. 2. Warmth or glow of feeling, passion, vehemence, intense zeal; an instance of the same. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] heatc825 earnestOE fervour1340 ardourc1386 fever heata1398 burning1398 lowea1425 fervencec1430 ferventnessc1430 flame1548 ardency1549 fervency1554 fire1579 calenture1596 inflammation1600 warmth1600 brimstonea1616 incandescence1656 fervidness1692 candency1723 glow1748 white heat1814 hwyl1899 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 250 Fervor of thoght. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John ii. 17 The feruour of loue of thin hous hath etun me. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 363 b/1 She..had more feruour of deuocion. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xlix. f. cxxviiiv Venyall synne..lettyth the feruour therof [sc. of charity]. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 30 Such fervour is as well beseeming fresh souldiers as young Fryers. 1729 W. Law Serious Call xiv. 240 And begin to know what saints..have meant, by fervours of devotion. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ix. 196 The fervour of loyalty vied with the pride of magnificence. 1882 A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 50 A fervour unique even in the history of American enthusiasms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340 |
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