intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree (过分)热衷的;激情(过头)的 she had a fervid interest in sex. 她对性简直如饥似渴。 ■(poetic/literary) burning, hot, or glowing (诗/文)燃烧的;炽热的;光辉的
派生 fervidly adverb 语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'glowing, hot'): from Latin fervidus, from fervere 'to boil'. Compare with fervent and fervour