English Dictionary

ague

/ˈeɪ.ɡju/

noun

(obsolete) An acute fever. / (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. / The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever / A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

He was struck down with a severe ague.

意味（1）

(obsolete) An acute fever.

意味（2）

(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.

意味（3）

The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever

fever and ague

意味（4）

A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

I 'scap'd with one cold fit of an ague

意味（5）

(obsolete) Malaria.

Where I'm from, people have learned that mosquitoes carry ague.