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1 feverish
['fiːvərɪʃ]* * *1) (having a slight fever: She seems a bit feverish tonight.) febbricitante2) (restlessly excited: a feverish air.) febbrile* * *feverish /ˈfi:vərɪʃ/a.1 febbricitante; che ha la febbre: He's a bit feverish, ha un po' di febbre; to feel feverish, sentirsi la febbre addosso; feverish cold, raffreddore con febbre; infreddatura3 (fig.) eccitato; febbrile; frenetico; convulso: feverish activity, attività febbrile; feverish with desire, in preda a un desiderio febbrilefeverishly avv. feverishness n. [u].* * *['fiːvərɪʃ] -
2 fever
['fiːvə(r)]1) (temperature) febbre f.2) (excited state) febbre f., eccitazione f.3) (craze) febbre f.gold, gambling fever — la febbre dell'oro, del gioco
* * *['fi:və]((an illness causing) high body temperature and quick heart-beat: She is in bed with a fever; a fever of excitement.) febbre- feverish- feverishly
- at fever pitch* * *fever /ˈfi:və(r)/n. [cu]1 (med.) febbre: to run a high fever, avere la febbre alta; yellow [typhoid] fever, febbre gialla [tifoide]; (vet.) swine fever, peste suina NOTA D'USO: - fever o temperature?-2 (fig.) febbre; frenesia; eccitazione: election fever, febbre elettorale; a fever of expectation, un'attesa febbrile● (med.) fever blister, erpete febbrile; febbre (fam.) □ fever heat, calore febbrile; (fig.) grande eccitazione □ fever pitch, (med.) punto massimo della febbre, picco febbrile; (fig.) parossismo, delirio, frenesia: at fever pitch, frenetico; parossistico; al culmine dell'entusiasmo (o del delirio); to rise to (o to reach) fever pitch, salire alle stelle; arrivare al parossismo; diventare incontenibile □ fever sore = fever blister ► sopra.(to) fever /ˈfi:və(r)/v. t. (arc.)2 (fig.) sovreccitare; rendere febbricitante.* * *['fiːvə(r)]1) (temperature) febbre f.2) (excited state) febbre f., eccitazione f.3) (craze) febbre f.gold, gambling fever — la febbre dell'oro, del gioco
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