fever

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fe·ver /ˈfiːvə $ -ər/ noun

1 [countableC, uncountableU]MI an illness or a medical condition in which you have a very high temperature 发烧，发热

Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today.

安迪发烧了，今天不来上班。

I woke up this morning with a fever and an upset stomach.

今天早上醒来时我发烧了，胃也不舒服。

She’s running a fever (=has a fever).

她在发烧。

a high/low/slight fever

The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever.

一般症状为出粉红色疹子并伴有低烧。

→ hay fever , scarlet fever , yellow fever , glandular fever , rheumatic fever

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: 在日常英语中，人们说高烧时用fever。要是某人体温只是略高，人们会说someone has a temperature，而不说has a fever

He stayed home from school because he had a temperature.

因为发烧，他待在家里没去上学。

2 [singular]EXCITED a situation in which many people feel very excited or feel very strongly about something 高度兴奋，狂热，极端活跃

fever of

a fever of excitement on Wall Street

华尔街的疯狂

election/carnival etc fever (=great interest or excitement about a particular activity or event) 选举/狂欢节等的狂热

Soccer fever has been sweeping the nation as they prepare for the World Cup.

世界杯筹备期间，足球狂潮席卷全国。

3 (at) fever pitch British EnglishBrEEXCITED if people’s feelings are at fever pitch, they are extremely excited 狂热，异常激动，高度活跃

The nation was at fever pitch in the days leading up to the election.

大选前几天，全国处于狂热的兴奋之中。

After a night of rioting, tensions in the city reached fever pitch.

一夜骚乱之后，该市的紧张气氛达到了顶点。

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 tempo reached fever pitch, Saunders squandered a golden opportunity to grab an equaliser.• In 1989, an 11-year-old girl was killed by two Rotties and public terror reached fever pitch.

→ cabin fever

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fever• The depression of last week had lifted like a fever passing when the patient sleeps or asks for food.• Academy Award fever is taking over Hollywood.• Headaches due to viral infections may be accompanied by fever, muscle aches, and malaise.• Football fever has always been widespread in Thailand, but this year perhaps more than ever before.• For a few months after its introduction, lottery fever swept the nation.• It enveloped Sylvie, chilled the dampness of her forehead, calmed the fever which had brought her here.• I downplay the sweats, the shakes, the fever.• By 1742, though the fever had subsided, he was charging Edwards's Northampton following with insanity.

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 double pneumonia. he had a high fever and vertigo.• At one point, he had a high fever, a severe rash and intense swelling all over his tiny body.• He felt as if he were running a high fever.• Pétain awoke with a high fever, and a doctor diagnosed 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?

Origin fever

(900-1000) Latin febris

fe·ver noun →REGISTER1

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