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单词 feverish
释义 fe·ver·ish
\ˈfēv(ə)rish, -rēsh\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from fever + -ish
1.
 a. : showing symptoms indicating fever (as increased heat and thirst, delirium) : having a fever
  < the patient is feverish >
 specifically : abnormally hot
  < the child's forehead felt feverish >
 b. : of or indicating fever
  < a feverish condition >
  < a feverish spot burned on each cheek >
 c. : infected with or tending to cause fever
  < a damp, feverish, unhealthy spot — R.L.Stevenson >
2.
 a. : marked by aroused or intense feeling or activity or by irregular variations : characterized by fever : agitated
  < lay sleepless while his feverish mind went over the catastrophes of the day >
  : ardent
  < novels … in which every young man is sleek and feverish for an unattainable success — Marjory S. Douglas >
  : hectic
  < a burst of feverish activity just before sailing time >
  : unstable
  < a feverish condition of the stock market with extreme fluctuations between gains and losses >
 b. : suggesting in appearance the delirium of a fever
  < a wallpaper with a feverish contemporary design >
3. : uncomfortably hot : sultry
 < the afternoon was feverish for so temperate a seacoast — Robinson Jeffers >
fe·ver·ish·ly adverb
fe·ver·ish·ness noun -es
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