• n. 臉紅；患肺結核
• adj. 興奮的，狂熱的；臉上發紅；肺病的；忙碌的

來自希臘語ekhein,持有，保持，持續，詞源同scheme,hector.引申詞義持續的，忙碌的。發燒義縮寫自hectic fever,原用于指肺結核的癥狀。

hectic

hectic: [14] The use of hectic for referring to ‘great haste or confusion’ is a surprisingly recent development, not recorded before the first decade of the 20th century. It originally meant in English ‘suffering from fever, particularly of the sort that characterizes tuberculosis or septicaemia’ (the metaphorical progression to ‘feverishly active’ is an obvious one). English acquired the word via Old French etique and late Latin hecticus from Greek hektikós, which meant literally ‘habitual’, and hence ‘suffering from a habitual or recurrent fever, consumptive’.

It was a derivative of héxis ‘condition, habit’, which in turn was formed from the verb ékhein ‘hold, be in a particular condition’, which has also given English epoch. (The original English form of the word was etik; hectic represents a 16th-century return to the Latin form.)

hectic (adj.)

late 14c., etik (in fever etik), from Old French etique "consumptive," from Late Latin hecticus, from Greek hektikos "continuous, habitual, consumptive" (of a disease, because of the constant fever), from hexis "a habit (of mind or body)," from ekhein "have, hold, continue" (see scheme).

The Latin -h- was restored in English 16c. Sense of "feverishly exciting, full of disorganized activity" first recorded 1904, but hectic also was used in Middle English as a noun meaning "feverish desire, consuming passion" (early 15c.). Hectic fevers are characterized by rapid pulse, among other symptoms. Related: Hecticness.

1. My life was very hectic but empty before I met him.

在遇到他之前，我的生活非常繁忙卻很空虛。

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2. Despite his hectic work schedule, Benny has rarely suffered poor health.

盡管工作繁忙，本尼卻少有身體不好的時候。

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3. They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday.

他們正忙著準備周六一整天都安排滿了的活動。

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4. The last few weeks have been hectic.

過去幾周一直忙得不可開交。

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5. We both have such hectic schedules.

我們倆日程安排得都很緊。

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