• n. 瘧疾；發(fā)冷；寒顫
• n. (Ague)人名；(英)埃格

同acute, 來(lái)自拉丁短語(yǔ)febris acuta, 嚴(yán)重的發(fā)燒。

ague

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).
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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).

1. Cried Jabez Stone , in an ague of fear.

杰貝茲·斯通嚇得直哆嗦叫出聲來(lái)了.

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2. An ague in the spring is physic for a king.

春天一場(chǎng)病,一年不服藥.

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3. I often ague with my friends about the problem.

我經(jīng)常和朋友辯論那個(gè)問(wèn)題.

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4. He shivered as with an ague.

他一身發(fā)抖就像患虐疾.

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5. Quartan ague kills old men, and cures young.

三日瘧,青年能治好, 老人見(jiàn)閻王.

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