feverishness
feverishness — 名詞
1. a state of extreme emotional intensity, restless activity, or rapid, unpredictab
狂熱狀態
情緒激動或活動緊湊的狀態
a state of extreme emotional intensity, restless activity, or rapid, unpredictable change — for example, the atmosphere in a newsroom during a breaking story or the energy of someone working obsessively on a project
The feverishness of the trading floor during a market crash is something that never leaves a broker's memory.
股市崩盤時交易大廳裡的狂熱狀態，是任何經紀人一輩子都忘不了的經歷。
figurative: feverishness of [workplace/event]
A sudden feverishness gripped the newsroom when the election results began to contradict every prediction.
當選舉結果開始與所有預測背道而馳時，一股狂熱突然籠罩了整個編輯部。
Yusra painted with a feverishness that she had not felt since her student days, finishing the canvas in a single night.
Yusra 帶著一股學生時代之後就未曾有過的狂熱投入創作，一夜之間完成了那幅畫作。
- frenzy
stronger and implies loss of control; feverishness retains a sense of directed energy
- agitation
focuses on anxious restlessness; less positive than feverishness
- excitement
more general and usually positive; feverishness is more intense and slightly unsettling
- hysteria
much stronger; implies panic or irrational behaviour
文法句型
a + adjective + feverishness
feverishness + of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Exclusively figurative — no actual illness is involved. Common in literary criticism and journalism to describe creative or competitive environments. Frequently paired with nouns such as frenzy, excitement, or urgency.
常見錯誤
2. the uncomfortable physical sensation of having a high body temperature, often ac
發燒感
身體出現發燒症狀的不適感
the uncomfortable physical sensation of having a high body temperature, often accompanied by chills, sweating, or weakness, as experienced during an illness
After three days in bed, Ana could still feel a feverishness that no amount of cold water could bring down.
在床上躺了三天後，Ana 仍然能感受到一股無論用多少冷水都降不下來的發燒感。
pattern: feel/experience a feverishness
Lihua lay in bed with a heavy feverishness that made even the softest blanket feel unbearable against her skin.
Lihua 躺在床上，一股沉重的發燒感讓她連最柔軟的毯子都覺得難以忍受。
pattern: [person] + with + a feverishness
A spreading feverishness made Minh's hands shake as he tried to pour himself a glass of water.
一陣蔓延的發燒感讓 Minh 的手不停顫抖，他連想給自己倒杯水都很困難。
- fever
more common and slightly more clinical; feverishness emphasises the felt quality of being feverish
- temperature
informal British way of saying 'having a fever'; feverishness is more literary
- hotness
less precise; can describe any warmth, not necessarily due to illness
- chill
the opposite bodily sensation, though chills and fever often occur together
文法句型
a + adjective + feverishness
feverishness + in + body part
用法筆記
Unlike the causative sense (sense 4), this sense describes the subjective bodily experience of having a fever, not the property of causing one. Frequently modified with a mild / slight / intense.
常見錯誤
3. a visible quality in a person's appearance, behaviour, or surroundings that sugg
發燒徵象
外表或環境中顯示發燒的特徵
a visible quality in a person's appearance, behaviour, or surroundings that suggests a high temperature or illness, such as flushed skin, glazed eyes, or unusually rapid movements
There was a strange feverishness in Rafael's eyes that worried the doctor more than the patient's complaints did.
Rafael 眼中閃爍著一種奇異的發燒徵象，這比病人的主訴更讓醫生擔心。
pattern: feverishness in [someone's eyes/face]
The feverishness of the ward—the flushed faces and rasping coughs—told the visitors everything they needed to know.
病房裡的發燒徵象——通紅的臉頰和沙啞的咳嗽——讓訪客們瞬間明白了一切。
Zara could not hide the feverishness in her voice as she described the symptoms to the physician.
Zara 向醫師描述症狀時，語氣中藏不住那股發燒徵象。
- flush
specifically about redness of the skin; narrower than feverishness
- febrile quality
more clinical and literary; similar register
- heat
less specific; can describe warmth from exercise or weather
文法句型
a + adjective + feverishness + of + noun phrase
feverishness + in + noun phrase
用法筆記
Focuses on what an observer can see or hear, not on the person's internal feeling (which is sense 2). Distinguish from sense 1: this sense suggests illness, whereas sense 1 suggests emotional intensity without physical sickness.
4. the property of a substance, place, or condition to cause fever in people who go
致熱性；熱病感染
引起發燒或受感染的特性
the property of a substance, place, or condition to cause fever in people who go near it or stay there
The researchers studied the feverishness of the swamp air, which seemed to make every visitor ill within days.
研究人員研究了沼澤空氣的致熱性，那裡的空氣似乎會讓每個訪客在幾天內就生病。
collocation: feverishness of [place/condition]
Nineteenth-century medical texts debated the feverishness of tropical climates and their impact on European travellers.
十九世紀的醫學文獻曾辯論熱帶氣候的致熱性及其對歐洲旅客的影響。
formal register in historical context
Amir warned his team about the feverishness of the low-lying coastal region during the rainy season.
Amir 警告團隊，這片低窪沿海地區在雨季時具有高度的致熱性。
- miasma
stronger historical term for air thought to cause disease; now archaic
- pestilence
implies a deadly epidemic rather than individual fever; much stronger in tone
文法句型
feverishness + of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Rare in modern everyday speech; appears mostly in historical medical writing or literary descriptions of unhealthy environments. This sense is exclusively about the fever-causing quality of an external thing — it does not describe the bodily feelings of being ill (sense 2) or the visible signs of fever in a person's appearance (sense 3).