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aguen. malarial fever,chattering fever,shiveringcaused by such a fever 疟疾,打摆子,寒颤。 △Lr.4.6108(105):“’Tis a lie,I am not ague-proof.”那是谎话,我也免不了要打摆子。 △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,还碰上了恶劣天气! 凭着魔鬼的名义,他怎么避免一场疟疾呢? △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.)这一番赞美比三月的太阳更容易使人打摆子。 |