| 釋義 |
aguen. malarial fever,chattering fever,shiveringcaused by such a fever 瘧疾，打擺子，寒顫。
△Lr.4.6108(105):“’Tis a lie,I am not ague-proof.”那是謊話，我也免不了要打擺子。
△1H.Ⅳ.3.1.69 (67): “Home without boots,and in foul weather tool /How scapeshe agues,in the devil’s name?”不穿靴子回去，還碰上了惡劣天氣！ 憑著魔鬼的名義，他怎么避免一場瘧疾呢？
△1H.Ⅳ.4.1.111:“Worse than the sun in March,/This praisedoth nourish agues.”i.e. It gives the shudders. (Ma-larial fever was thought to be caused by vapoursdrawn up from marshland by the sun,especially inearly spring.)這一番贊美比三月的太陽更容易使人打擺子。 |