ague: [14] In its origins, ague is the same word as acute. It comes from the Latin phrase febris acuta ‘sharp fever’ (which found its way into Middle English as fever agu). In the Middle Ages the Latin adjective acuta came to be used on its own as a noun meaning ‘fever’; this became aguē in medieval French, from which it was borrowed into English. From the end of the 14th century ague was used for ‘malaria’ (the word malaria itself did not enter the language until the mid 18th century). => acute
ague (n.)
"malarial fever," c. 1300, from Old French ague "acute fever," from Medieval Latin (febris) acuta "sharp (fever)," with fem. of acutus "sharp" (see acute).
雙語例句
1. Cried Jabez Stone , in an ague of fear.
杰貝茲·斯通嚇得直哆嗦叫出聲來了.
來自辭典例句
2. An ague in the spring is physic for a king.
春天一場病,一年不服藥.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. I often ague with my friends about the problem.