delirious

英语

词源

源自delirium +‎ -ous，参见拉丁語 delirus (“愚蠢的，糊涂的，疯狂的”)。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /dɪˈlɪɹɪ.əs/, /dɪˈlɪəɹɪ.əs/

• （英国南部）音频：

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• 韻部：-ɪəɹiəs

形容词

delirious (比較級 more delirious，最高級 most delirious)

1. (醫學) 神志不清的
   • 1872, Simon Mohler Landis, The Social War, Chapter III: Deacon Stew raves at Lucinda's Love for Victor:

     […] the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise prostrate female forms, and to become blessed with hymeneal joys of the most glorious character; but, his imagination soon forsook him, and a raging fever, accompanied by the most violent deadly delirium, ensued, which lasted a fortnight.

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2. 狂喜的

衍生词汇

• deliriously
• deliriousness