fever: [OE] The underlying meaning of fever, ‘high temperature’, suggests that it goes back ultimately to Indo-European *dhegh-, *dhogh- ‘burn’ (which also produced English day, favour, and forment). Descended from it was Latin febris ‘fever’, which English acquired during Anglo-Saxon times as fēfor. The modern form of the word is partly due to the influence of the related Old French fievre. => day, favour, foment
fever (n.)
earlier also feaver, late Old English fefor, fefer "fever, temperature of the body higher than normal," from Latin febris "fever," related to fovere "to warm, heat," probably from PIE root *dhegh- "burn" (cognates: Gothic dags, Old English dæg "day," originally "the heat;" Greek tephra "ashes"); but some suggest a reduplication of a root represented by Sanskrit *bhur- "to be restless."
The Latin word was adopted into most Germanic languages (German Fieber, Swedish feber, Danish feber), but not in Dutch. English spelling influenced by Old French fievre. Alternative to Old English hrið, hriðing (cognate with Old High German hritto, Irish crith, Welsh cryd, Lithuanian skriečiù). Extended sense of "intense nervous excitement" is from 1580s. Also as a verb in Old English, feferian.
雙語例句
1. During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.
發燒時，大量水分會通過排汗而喪失。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Michael was given a complete going-over and then treated for glandular fever.
邁克爾接受了全麵體檢，隨後又進行了腺熱治療。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Evans had rheumatic fever, missed school and fell behind.
伊萬斯得了風濕熱，沒去上課，功課也落下了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Symptoms are a slight fever, headache and loss of appetite.
症狀包括低燒、頭痛和食欲不振。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Hay fever is an affliction which arrives at an early age.