In everyday English, people usually use fever to talk about a very high temperature. If someone's temperature is just high, they say that someone has a temperature rather than has a fever: 在日常英語中,人們說高燒時用fever。要是某人體溫只是略高,人們會說someone has a temperature,而不說has a fever
He stayed home from school because he had a temperature.
因爲發燒,他待在家裏沒去上學。
2[singular]EXCITED a situation in which many people feel very excited or feel very strongly about something 高度興奮,狂熱,極端活躍
fever of
a fever of excitement on Wall Street
華爾街的瘋狂
election/carnival etc fever (=great interest or excitement about a particular activity or event) 選舉/狂歡節等的狂熱
Soccer fever has been sweeping the nation as they prepare for the World Cup.
世界杯籌備期間,足球狂潮席卷全國。
3(at) fever pitchBritish EnglishBrEEXCITED if people’s feelings are at feverpitch, they are extremely excited 狂熱,異常激動,高度活躍
The nation was at fever pitch in the days leading up to the election.
大選前幾天,全國處於狂熱的興奮之中。
After a night of rioting, tensions in the city reached fever pitch.
一夜騷亂之後,該市的緊張氣氛達到了頂點。
Examples from the Corpus
reached fever pitch• Speculation about the deportations have reached fever pitch in Hong Kong.• Public support for the system was waning steadily as accusations of sleaze in high places reached fever pitch.• But as the game's temporeached fever pitch, Saunders squandered a goldenopportunity to grab an equaliser.• In 1989, an 11-year-old girl was killed by two Rotties and public terrorreached fever pitch.
a high/low/slight fever• I developed a high fever and was carried into a waiting truck.• Mary, the youngest child, and only girl, of Carlton and Harriet Babbs had a high fever in 1952.• One of them had doublepneumonia. he had a high fever and vertigo.• At one point, he had a high fever, a severerash and intenseswelling all over his tiny body.• He felt as if he were running a high fever.• Pétain awoke with a high fever, and a doctordiagnosed double pneumonia.• The illness begins with a high fever, followed by a rash.
election/carnival etc fever• Sick and tired of election fever and politics?
1high temperature高體溫ADJECTIVE | ... OF FEVER | VERB + FEVER | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤high, raging高燒◇She had a very high fever.她發高燒。➤mild, slight低燒➤persistent持續發燒▸➤glandular (mononucleosis in NAmE) , rheumatic, scarlet, etc.腺熱、風濕熱、猩紅熱等... OF FEVER➤bout一次發熱◇He suffered from recurrent bouts of fever.他反複發了幾次燒。VERB + FEVER➤have, run, suffer from發燒◇He put his hand to my forehead as if I was running a fever.他把手放在我的額頭上,好像我在發燒似的。➤catch, come down with, contract, develop, get發燒;因發燒病倒◇James has come down with a fever.詹姆斯發燒病倒了。➤cause引起發燒▸➤die of死於發燒▸➤bring down, reduce退燒◇drugs which can help to bring down the fever有助於退燒的藥➤be accompanied by伴隨發燒◇Inflammation is frequently accompanied by fever.炎症常常伴有發燒。PREPOSITION➤with a fever由於發燒◇He was in bed with a fever.他發燒了,卧牀不起。➡ topic at illnessfever
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2nervous excitement興奮緊張ADJECTIVE | FEVER + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤baseball, election, gold, war, World Cup棒球熱;選舉熱;淘金熱;戰爭狂熱;世界杯熱FEVER + VERB➤grip sb狂熱控制某人◇Election fever suddenly gripped the nation.這個國家突然掀起一股選舉熱。PREPOSITION➤in a fever of在緊張不安中◇She was in a fever of anxiety about him.她為他感到焦慮。