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n. 发烧, 发热, 热病 [医] 发热, 热

发音

UK /ˈfiːvə/
US /ˈfivɚ/

词形变化

fevers 复数 fevers fevered fevereth fevering fevers 三单 fevering 现在分词 fevered 过去式 fevered 过去分词

别名

feavour feaver fevre

教材释义与例句

名词

发烧，发热；狂热

an illness or a medical condition in which you have a very high temperature

动词

使发烧；使狂热；使患热病

动词

发烧；狂热；患热病

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

    发热

    发烧

    热病

    可数 不可数 医学

    There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.

  2. 2.

    Any of various diseases.

    热病

    病

    可数 不可数

    scarlet fever

  3. 3.

    A state of excitement or anxiety.

    狂热

    热

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A group of stingrays.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people.

    可数 贬义 俚语 不可数

    Asian fever

    clown fever

    white fever

    blue fever

v.
  1. 1.

    To put into a fever; to affect with fever.

    a fevered lip

  2. 2.

    To become fevered.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

febricity febrility feverishness pyrexia

上位词 6

excitement symptom inflammation fervor fervour excitation

下位词 3

buck fever gold fever hyperpyrexia

相关短语

hay fever n. 花粉热; 干草热; 枯草热 fever and ague fever pitch 狂热, 极度兴奋 fever bush fever swamp fever swamps fever tree [医] 蓝桉[树] fever trees fever blister [医] 发热性疱疹 fever clinic 发热门诊 fever clinics fever fog fever fogs fever dream fever dreams

词源

From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.

来源：wiktionary