| 单词 | fevered |
| 释义 | fevered (once / 3476 pages) adj If you're fevered, you're agitated or overly excited about something. A group of middle school kids might have a fevered reaction to the news that their favorite band is in town. While you can also use fevered to mean "hot" or "running a fever," it more commonly means "revved up" or "frenzied." A fevered imagination might turn spooky nighttime noises into a monster, and the arrival of a clown at a birthday party might cause both fevered excitement and terror from the guests. Fevered comes from fever, "high temperature," which has also meant "intense excitement" since the 16th century. WORD FAMILYfevered: feveredly USAGE EXAMPLESTo the militants, it was an “expropriation” for something they called the Republic of New Afrika, a place that existed mainly in their fevered dreams. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) Shortly afterwards, fevered rumours began to spread that Assange was dead, murdered by the former Baywatch star with a Gary sandwich. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Despite this, it is hard to disentangle the fevered debate about Brexit from this, more regular, cycle of political events. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) adj highly excited a fevered imagination Syn excited in an aroused state |
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