fer·vent /ˈfɝvənt/
(a.)熱的,炎熱的,熱心的
Fer·vent a.
1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.
The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet. iii. 10.
2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom. iii. 11.
So spake the fervent angel. --Milton.
A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. --Macaulay.
-- Fer*vent*ly, adv. -- Fer*vent*ness, n.
Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv. 12.
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fervent
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
ardent, burning(a), fervid, fiery, impassioned,
perfervid, torrid]
2: sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his
visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a
fervent hope" [syn: cordial]
3: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a
genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel
Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"-
Frances Trollope [syn: fervid]