tepid
英 ['tepɪd]
美['tɛpɪd]
- adj. 微温的，温热的；不太热烈的；不热情的
中文词源
tepid 微温的，不热情的
来自拉丁语 tepere,使微热，温热，来自 PIE*tep,加热。
英文词源
- tepid
- tepid: [14] English gets tepid from Latin tepidus, a derivative of tepēre ‘be warm’. This was descended from the Indo-European base *tep- ‘warm’, which also produced Russian teplyj ‘warm’, Czech teplý ‘warm’, and Welsh twym ‘hot’.
- tepid (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Latin tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be moderately warm," from PIE root *tep- "to be hot" (cognates: Sanskrit tapati "makes warm, heats, burns," tapas "heat, austerity;" Avestan tafnush "fever;" Old Church Slavonic topiti "to warm," teplu "warm;" Old Irish tene "fire;" Welsh tes "heat"). Related: Tepidly; tepidity.
双语例句
- 1. If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
- 如果你孩子的体温上升，就用海绵蘸上温水轻轻地擦拭她的身体。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The play was greeted with tepid applause.
- 这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The critics's reaction to the film was rather tepid.
- 评论家对那部影片的反映不太热烈.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.
- 尽管他的提名得到总统的大力支持，但支持他的参议员却寥寥无几。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.
- 她把嘴伸到水龙头底下去喝那微温的水。
来自辞典例句