febrile
adjective /ˈfiːbraɪl/, /ˈfebraɪl/
/ˈfiːbraɪl/, /ˈfebraɪl/
- (formal) nervous, excited and very active
狂热的 - a product of her febrile imagination
她狂想的产物
- a product of her febrile imagination
- (medical
) (of an illness医学 ) caused by fever (= a high temperature)疾病 发热引起的;热性的;发热的
词源mid 17th cent.: from French fébrile or medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris ‘fever’.