fevered
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fe·vered /ˈfiːvəd $ -ərd/ adjective [only before noun] literary 1 EXCITEDWORRIEDextremely excited or worried 高度兴奋的；十分焦虑的 SYN feverish the child’s fevered cries 那孩子焦虑的哭声2 MIsuffering from a fever 发烧的，发热的 SYN feverish his fevered brow (=a hot forehead caused by a fever) 他滚烫的前额3 a fevered imagination/mind/brain literary IMAGINEa mind that imagines strange things that are not real 狂想/奇想 These stories are merely a product of her fevered imagination. 这些故事只不过是她凭空臆想的产物。
Examples from the Corpus
fevered• If the building is rented, there is little opportunity for practical work except for some fevered activity on Sunday.• Cold realisation of what she was doing swamped her fevered body.• We soothed fevered brows with cool hands and shooed away demons with a look.• Security kept the band's fevered fans away from the stage.• Each fevered quest for a true love left me more adrift than ever.• Periodically one of us dropped into a fevered sleep.fevered brow• She smoothed the child's fevered brow.• Oh, well, this won't soothe any fevered brows.• We soothed fevered brows with cool hands and shooed away demons with a look.fe·vered adjectiveChineseSyllable
worried or excited extremely Corpus
fevered
fe‧vered /ˈfiːvəd $ -ərd/
adjective [only before noun] literary
1. extremely excited or worried
SYN feverish:
the child’s fevered cries
2. suffering from a fever
SYN feverish:
his fevered brow (=a hot forehead caused by a fever)
3. a fevered imagination/mind/brain a mind that imagines strange things that are not real:
These stories are merely a product of her fevered imagination.
fe‧vered /ˈfiːvəd $ -ərd/
adjective [only before noun] literary1. extremely excited or worried
SYN feverish:
2. suffering from a fever
SYN feverish:
3. a fevered imagination/mind/brain a mind that imagines strange things that are not real: