having or displaying a passionate intensity 热情的;盛情的 40,000 fervent admirers of the Great Leader. 伟大领袖的四万名膜拜者。 ■(archaic)hot, burning, or glowing (古)炽热的;燃烧的;光辉的
派生 fervency noun fervently adverb 语源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin fervent- 'boiling', from the verb fervere. Compare with fervid and fervour