tepid

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a. 微温的, 温热的, 不太热烈的 [医] 微温的

发音

US /ˈtɛpɪd/
AU /ˈtɛpɪd/

词形变化

more tepid 比较级 tepider tepidest most tepid 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

    I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.

  2. 2.

    Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.

    He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

lukewarm halfhearted

近义相关 2

warm unenthusiastic

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tep-der. Latin tepeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin tepidusbor. English tepid Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.

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