AW: fevered
excitement/speculation AH##; M ,11. A 5: W fit iM 0 a fevered imagination/mind (= that imagines strange things) SI $ H
2 suffering
from a fever : She
mopped
his fevered brow. 1$7
feverfew /'fiivafju:;
NAmE ‘fiivar-/
noun
[u] a plant of the daisy
family, sometimes used as a medicine /J\ ^ %
( WISJS )
fe-ver-ish /'fiivariJV
ac//. 1 [usually
before noun] showing strong feelings of excitement or worry, often with a lot
of activity or quick movements i$c zjtjEft; IS A 4c W:
The whole place was a scene of feverish activity. HAM AtNI—A 0 a state of feverish
excitement o feverish with
longing
2 suffering from a fever; caused by a
fever ; %
31
S3 W: She was aching and feverish, M J£ £ 0 o
afeverbhcoWdreamftG&fott&W; £#631® W#
►
fe ver ish ly adv.: The team worked
feverishly to the November deadline. iiAPAfftH-f—M #0 o Her mind
raced feverishly. MS 'fever pitch noun [U, C] a very high
level of excitement or activity jSjfg^iif; M X # ^(j; : Speculation
about his
future had reached fever pitch.
AX
MW iiu W ‘/R'J i£
fij 7 £E $S W M ifr „ 0 Excitement has been
at fever pitch for days. 8;^ W AH 7 ® 0 X9
few 0-w /fju:/ c/ef., ad/., pron.
udet., adj. (fewer,
few-est) 1 used with plural nouns
and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’ (
) A#, X: Few
people understand the difference. /S A44 AT I^AH^h 0 There seem to be fewer
tourists around this year. A¥ Ai#A7„ o Very few students
learn Latin now. X T ill1 W X X A# file 2 (usually a few) used with plural nouns
and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’ ( ipj
J[
)
4TS, /I^h: We’vehadafew replies, 0 B % £!] 7 -* ’#. # ft 0 0 I need a few things
from the store, 0 Quite a/ew
people are going to
arrive early. ^
W A fI ^ X f
!j 0 0
1
try to
visit my parents every few weeks.
AMIS#!!—fTSTOl ,few and ,far be'tween not frequent; not happening often
f$X’; #®ft; A#ftX pron. 1 not many people, things or places 411A
A ( §5t
MX ) : Very
few of his books are worth reading. MWXdtfiiW AA7o o You can
pass with as few as 25 points. Rflllf 25 ft0 0 (formal) Few will
argue with
this conclusion. 4MAXAAAI^7i£i&A£nT&o
2
a few a small number of people, things or places;
someW#( A, W-VQ. MX ) ; — iS: I
recognized a few of the other people, ffc iX ft 7 — & M life W A 0 0 I’ve seen most of
his movies. Only a few are as good as his first one. KWAftnfsteMW
IMnftMIto
0 Could you give me a few more details? jfo
"%?
3 fewer not as many as A fP • • •
— M: ^ ; AX: Fewer than 20 students passed
all the exams. Af!J 20 AXA#i^Alftft4&o
o There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area. i^AMEX
A AX 100 AWAIrI#!I#c, Look at the note at
less. ## less il]#rT Wi±#9 4 the few used with a plural verb
to mean ‘a small group of people’ (Xjftffc #jisI3£#3 ) Affc A: Real power belongs
to the few. ft IE W & A 4§ H A $C AX 41
<, 0 She was
one of the chosen few (= the small group with
special rights). MMXAffc ft X # $L W A
o quite a 'few (BrE also a good
'few)
a
fairly large number ; AX: I’ve
been
there quite
a few times. A M IP M ^ 1A 7 „ have had a few (informal) to have had enough
alcohol to make you drunk Ǥj!$7;
ELS? fey /fei/ adj. (literary, sometimes disapproving) (usually of a person 11
ftfjt A) sensitive and rather mysterious or strange; not acting in a very
practical way
w; xf^gixw
fez /fez/ noun
(pi. fezzes) a round red hat with a
flat top and a tassel but no brim, worn by men in some Muslim countries (
-i^^i^lAMWX®X*fA
ft )
IfflM
ff ahhr. (music ft) very loudly (from Italian ‘fortissimo’)
( mm&m 1 ) ( M S fortissimo
)
ff, ahhr. written after the
number of a page or line to mean ‘and the following pages or lines’ ftlMJit#Jcl
( ^ Mr)
: See pp. 96 if. M 96 KSI^Jb#Mo f-hole noun one of
two holes with a shape similar to the letter ‘f cut in the front of violins and some other instruments (
AH) f fi ance /fi'Dnsei;
-'a:ns-; /s/Amf
,fi*ci:n'sei/ noun the man that a woman is engaged to A A : Linda
and her fiance were there. JffoAfflMlft A$if Ai-tIPilo fiancee /fi'Dnsei;
NAmE .fmin'sei/
noun the
woman that a man is engaged to A Mil: Paul and his fiancee were there.
Fianna
Fail /fi.aeno
'foil/ noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] one of the two main political parties in
the
tifcUtZ-, £M'%M )
fiasco /fi'aeskau;
NAmE fi'aeskou/ noun (pi -os, NAmE also -oes) something that does not
succeed, often in a way that causes embarrassment ]# ; nj 1$ A Sfc; M
MW IPnrni DISASTER:
What a
fiasco! JCJt^AT
A
Y&[
fiat /'fliaet;
'faiaet/ noun [C, U] (formal) an official order given
by sb in authority ( ) AX, #X, it
FK771 DECREE fib /fib/ noun, verb
m noun (informal) a statement that is not
true; a lie about sth that is not important if A; ( ) 'Mi,
Biig:
Stop telling
fibs. % |#MTo.'
■
verb (-bb-)
[V] (informal) to tell a lie, usually
about sth that is not important $Uf; iftlfiA Come on, don’t
fib! Where were you really last night? 7 BE, A^tStilT !
ffL %
i'J M # W J L? ► fib-ber noun: You
fibber! A
*T'
Fi
bo nacci ser ies /.fiba'naitji siariiz; NAmE siri:z/
noun (mathematics fit) a series of
numbers in which each number is equal to the two numbers before it added
together. Starting from 1, the series is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc. mmmmi () fibre (BrE) (NAmE fiber) /'faiba(r)/ noun 1 [U] the part of food
that helps to keep a person healthy by keeping the bowels working
and moving other food quickly through the body ( M HTFl rough-
age . dietary fibre tA ^ £1 % 0 Dried
fruits are
especially high
in fibre. 6
a
high-/low-fibre
diet /
f&WtA # 2 [C,
U] a
material such as cloth or rope
that is made from a mass of natural or artificial threads ( W )
iSi :
nylon and other man-made fibres A ill
3 [C] one of the many thin
threads that form body tissue, such as muscle, and
natural materials, such as wood and cotton (
W ) £1: cotton/wood/nerve/muscle
fibres / A /
W&mto&m-O
(literary) She loved
him with every fibre of her being. ft„ — see also moral
FIBRE, OPTICAL FIBRE
fibre-board (BrE)
(NAmE fiber-board) /'faibaboid; NAmE 'faibarboird/ noun [U] a building material
made of wood or other plant fibres pressed together to form boards
imu
fibre-glass (BrE) (NAmE fiber-) /'faibaglars; NAmE 'faibarglaes/ (BrE also .glass ‘fibre) (NAmE also .glass fiber) noun [U] a strong light
material made from glass fibres and plastic, used for making boats, etc.
.fibre
'optics (BrE)
(NAmE .fiber 'optics) noun [U] the use
of thin fibres of glass, etc. for sending information in the form of light
signals ^ ; jtM ►
.fibre-
'optic adj.: fibre-optic cables fttylL fi brin /'faibrin;
'fib-/ noun [u] (biology A) a protein that stops blood from flowing
or being lost from a wound
) l
fi brino gen /fai'brinadsan; fi'b-/ noun [U] (biology A) a protein in the blood from which fibrin
is produced
mlhxi; jmm&m-,
nmw&m
fibro /'faibrau; NAmE -ou/ noun (pi. -os) (AustralE) 1 [u] a
mixture of sand, cement, and
plant fibres, used as a building
material