phlegmatic

a. 粘液质的, (正式)平静的, 不动情的, 不动感情的, 冷漠的, 冷淡的, 迟钝的 [医] 粘液质的, 迟钝的

发音

US /flɛɡˈmætɪk/

词形变化

phlegmatics 复数 phlegmatics more phlegmatic 比较级 most phlegmatic 最高级

别名

phlegmatick phlegmaticke phlegmatique

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

    2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print. Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume of letters that has clearly served as one of Ms. von Trotta's sources) is a fascinating study in cultural and temperamental contrast, an impulsive and witty American paired with a steady, phlegmatic German.

  2. 2.

    Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.

    Near-synonyms: phlegmish, phlegmy

    phlegmatic humors

    a phlegmatic constitution

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

phlegmatical

近义相关 1

unemotional

词源

From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with mildness, coldness, sluggishness, and indifference. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.

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