lukewarm

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a. 微温的, 不热的, 不热情的 [医] 微温的

发音

UK /ˌluːkˈwɔːm/
US /ˌlukˈwɔɹm/
US /ˈluk.wɔɹm/

词形变化

lukewarmer 比较级 lukewarmer lukewarmest more lukewarm 比较级 lukewarmest 最高级 most lukewarm 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Between warm and cool.

    温

    温吞

    Wash it in lukewarm water.

    My curry is lukewarm.

  2. 2.

    Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

    The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

tepid halfhearted

近义相关 2

warm unenthusiastic

词源

From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”); first element is related to Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), as in leukwater (“lukewarm water”). Compare also West Frisian lijwarm (“lukewarm”), Afrikaans louwarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German lowarm, luwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English *hlēowe (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).

来源：wiktionary