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单词 fervent
释义 fer·vent
\-vənt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fervent, from Latin fervent-, fervens, present participle of fervēre to boil, glow — more at burn
1. : intensely hot
 < the tessellated plain … seemed on this fervent day to be half-molten — Mary Webb >
2. : of great intensity
 < the fervent heat … merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
specifically : characterized by often deep fervor of feeling or expression
 < fervent patriotism >
 < expressed a fervent hope >
 < the religious center … was the austere yet fervent meetinghouse — Ruth Suckow >
 < setting fervent kisses upon his hands — Paul Bowles >
 < fervent diction — H.O.Taylor >
: enthusiastic
 < had no longer any cause to grow fervent or furious about — Edmund Wilson >
: earnest
 < a fervent moral sense >
: zealous
 < he is known as a fervent champion of the trivial detail — R.L.Taylor >
 < a moment ends the fervent din — William Wordsworth >
Synonyms: see impassioned
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