1590s, "burning, glowing, hot," from Latin fervidus "glowing, burning; vehement, fervid," from fervere "to boil, glow" (see brew (v.)). Figurative sense of "impassioned" is from 1650s. Related: Fervidly; fervidness.
雙語例句
1. He is a fervid orator.
他是個慷慨激昂的演說者。
來自辭典例句
2. It assailed her with all the violence of her fervid imagination.
它以那種她熱情想象的全部猛力襲擊著她.
來自辭典例句
3. He was a ready scholar as you are, but more fervid and impatient.
他是一個聰明的學者,跟你一樣, 不過更加熱情而缺乏耐心.
來自辭典例句
4. But the fervid facility of his impromptus could not be so accounted for.
但是,如此解釋他那高超的即興演奏的技巧就不行了.
來自辭典例句
5. Pass by the fervid flowers that press themselves on your sight.