| 单词 | feverish |
| 释义 | feverish (once / 602 pages) 1adj 2adj If you're feverish, your body temperature is higher than normal, usually because you're sick. Getting the flu makes most people feverish. Feeling feverish is sometimes the first sign that you're coming down with an illness. Feverish symptoms include aches and chills. Another way to be feverish is to be full of excitement or turmoil. A room full of wound-up kids at a birthday party often crackles with their feverish energy. In the 14th century, something feverish caused a fever — it wasn't until the 17th century that the word gained its current meanings. WORD FAMILYfeverish: feverishly, feverishness+/fever: feverish, feverous, fevers/feverous: feverously USAGE EXAMPLESThe market is feverish, with contract prices up 250 percent over the past five years and often spiking higher. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) Economists say it is the government’s feverish money printing and price controls. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) Economists say the government’s feverish printing of money and price controls are the cause. Wall Street Journal(Dec 17, 2016) 1 1adj having or affected by a fever Syn feverous ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function 2adj of or relating to or characterized by fever 2Syn|Ant febrile afebrile having no fever adj marked by intense agitation or emotion worked at a feverish pace Syn hectic agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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