hectic
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A hectic fever.
— […] Do it England, / For like the Hecticke in my blood he rages, / And thou muſt cure me: […]
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A flush like one produced by such a fever.
— The poor Franciscan made no reply: a hectic of a moment pass’d across his cheek, but could not tarry […]
形容词 adj.
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Very busy with activity and confusion.
— The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds
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Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
— hectic fever
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Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
— Ann had a hectic cough, and many unfavourable prognostics […].
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).
词源 2
From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).
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