| 词汇 | fever pitch |
| 释义 | Idiom fever pitch if you say that a feeling or a situation has reached fever pitch, you mean that people's emotions have become so strong that they can only just control themselves.By the time the princess appeared on the balcony, excitement among the crowd was at fever pitch.Tension reached fever pitch as reports came in of further bomb attacks in the north. fever pitchA state of great excitement or turmoil. The crowd's cheering reached a fever pitch when the band finally appeared on stage. The conflict between those two is going to reach a fever pitch if someone doesn't intervene. fever pitchCOMMON If a situation or a feeling reaches fever pitch, there is a lot of emotion, excitement or activity. Rumors of the love affair hit fever pitch in the past few days after the pair were seen around Sydney. The grief provoked by his assassination has raised tensions in the area to fever pitch. fever pitchA state of extreme excitement. Dating from the mid-nineteenth century, this term alludes to the heat of a fever, or rise in body temperature. For example, “This eloquent orator aroused the crowd to a fever pitch.” |
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