| 单词 |
febrifuge |
| 释义 |
febrifuge, a. and n.|ˈfɛbrɪfjuːdʒ|
[a. F. fébrifuge, f. (on L. type *febrifugus) L. febri-, febris fever + fug-āre to drive away.]
A. adj. = febrifugal.
1707Curios. Husb. & Gard. 235 Perriwinkle is vulnerary, astringent and febrifuge. 1725N. St. André in Lond. Gaz. No. 6349/3 Testaceous Powders and Febrifuge Juleps. 1803Davy in Phil. Trans. XCIII. 268 Barks supposed to be possessed of febrifuge properties. 1860Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 171 Nearly all the bitter plants are called febrifuge from their power to cure fever.
B. n. A medicine adapted to drive away or to reduce fever; hence, a cooling drink.
1686W. Harris tr. Lemery's Chym (ed. 3) 487 Divers other ingredients, thought to be Febrifuges. 1744Berkeley Siris §7 It hath been found an admirable febrifuge. 1860Reade Cloister & H. IV. 305 The grand febrifuge of anchorites—cold water. 1861G. F. Berkeley Sportsm. W. Prairies vi. 96 He had however some effervescing lemonade, so I contented myself with that febrifuge.
transf. and fig.1815Scott Guy M. viii, Chanting a rhyme which she believed sovereign as a febrifuge. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. App. 364 Geometry seems to have acted as a febrifuge. a1859De Quincey in H. A. Page Life I. iii. 34 The rough febrifuge which this awaking administered. |
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