释义 |
cal·en·ture \ˈkalə̇nˌchu̇(ə)r\ noun (-s) Etymology: earlier calentura, from Spanish, fever, from calentar to heat, from Latin calent-, calens, present participle of calēre to be warm — more at lee 1. a. : a fever formerly supposed to affect sailors in the tropics causing them to imagine the sea a green field and to leap into it b. : any fever supposedly caused by heat 2. : passion, ardor, zeal |