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febrile

adjective
🔊/ˈfiːbraɪl/, 🔊/ˈfebraɪl/
🔊/ˈfiːbraɪl/, 🔊/ˈfebraɪl/
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  1. (formal) nervous, excited and very active狂热的
    • a product of her febrile imagination她狂想的产物
    Topics Feelingsc2
  2. (medical医学) (of an illness疾病) caused by fever发热引起的；热性的；发热的 (= a high temperature)
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French fébrile or medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris ‘fever’.