单词 | spring fever |
释义 | > as lemmasspring fever spring fever n. [in sense (a) after post-classical Latin febris vernalis ( T. Sydenham Methodus curandi febres (1666) 33)] (a) a fever occurring in the spring, a spring ague (now historical); (b) an emotional state supposedly occurring as a result of the arrival of spring, variously characterized as a feeling of listlessness, or of restlessness, excitement, inclination to romance, etc. (cf. spring fret n.). ΚΠ 1696 J. Pechey tr. T. Sydenham Whole Wks. i. iv. 27 But it is to be noted, that purging is not altogether so necessary after Spring-Fevers [L. post febres vernales], as after Fevers in the Fall. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. vi. vii. 256 The love of Sibyll was no common girl's spring-fever of sighs and blushes. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 438 Spring fever, the listless feeling caused by the first sudden increase of temperature in spring. It is often said of a lazy fellow, ‘He has got the spring fever’. 1943 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 668/2 That feeling of lassitude we call ‘spring fever’. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind iii. 60 When spring came, blood increased in quantity, and diseases would follow from a plethora of blood, including spring fever outbreaks (primarily benign tertian malaria), dysentery and nose-bleeds. 2015 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 May h4 Whether it is real or simply a happy time that enlivens us, here are some ways to take advantage of spring fever with someone special in your life. < as lemmas |
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