ague

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 āʹgyo͞o

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An acute fever. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  2. An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. countable,uncountable
    — He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.
  3. The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever. countable,uncountable
    — fever and ague
  4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. countable,uncountable
    — November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart I ’scap’d with one cold fit of an ague
  5. Malaria. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Where I’m from, people have learned that mosquitoes carry ague.
动词 v.
  1. To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. transitive

词形变化

agues plural agues present,singular,third-person aguing participle,present agued participle,past agued past

词汇关系

衍生词
ague cake aguelike agueproof ague tree agueweed aguey aguish buck ague Covent Garden ague duck ague dumb ague face ague fever and ague
相关词
acute fainaigue

词源

词源 1
From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).
Doublet of acute.
词源 2
From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).
Doublet of acute.
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