fever
- IPA[ˈfiːvə]
英式
- an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium；a state of nervous excitement or agitation
- bring about a high body temperature or a state of nervous excitement in
verb: fever, 3rd person present: fevers, gerund or present participle: fevering, past tense: fevered, past participle: fevered
noun: fever, plural noun: fevers
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium she had a slight fever quinine was used to reduce malarial fever 同義詞
- ▪ a state of nervous excitement or agitation I was mystified, and in a fever of expectation
- ▪ the excitement felt by a group of people about a particular public event election fever reaches its climax tomorrow 同義詞
動詞
- 1. archaic bring about a high body temperature or a state of nervous excitement in a heart which sin has fevered
