英语词汇“fever”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	fever
释义	fe·ver I. \ˈfēvə(r)\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēfer, fēfor, from Latin febris; akin to Latin fovēre to warm — more at day 1. a. : a rise of body temperature above the normal whether a natural response (as to infection) or artificially induced for therapeutic reasons b. : an abnormal bodily state characterized by increased production of heat, accelerated heart action and pulse, and systemic debility with weakness, loss of appetite, and thirst c. : any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom < typhoid fever > < yellow fever > < quartan fever > 2. a. : a state of heightened or intense emotion (as of excitement, anxiety, or desire) : abnormal intensity < in a fervor and fever of resentment colonists all over the land voluntarily carried their tea to public bonfires — C.G.Bowers > < terror hung over the West, the frontier was in a fever, forts and blockhouses were hastily constructed — American Guide Series: Ind. > < a fever of passionate love — T.L.Peacock > b. : a widely contagious usually transient enthusiasm (as for gold prospecting, migration to the West, or stock speculation) : craze < caught uranium fever > < football fever raged in the university > < gripped by a fever for emigration > 3. : a state of agitated or intense activity : urgent haste < what a fever of preparation seized the fort on the afternoon before that great day — Walter O'Meara > < worked at a fever pitch > 4. : an abnormal often unstable condition of mind or society < the fever is over; already unemployment … has started to drop — Economist > II. verb (fevered ; fevered ; fevering \-v(ə)riŋ\ ; fevers) *transitive verb* : to throw into a fever : affect with fever : heat, agitate < the gold coin, clutched deep in his trouser pocket, fevered him — A.J.Cronin > *intransitive verb* 1. : to contract or be in a fever : be or become feverish < the malaria victim fevers intermittently > < he fevered for his far-off home > 2. : to move or live feverishly < Germany has not experienced a revolution; she has only fevered through a convulsion caused by overexertion and fright — Maximillian Harden >
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