insipid
英 [ɪn'sɪpɪd]
美[ɪn'sɪpɪd]
- adj. 清淡的；无趣的
助记提示
1. sapid => insipid.
中文词源
insipid 无味的
in-,不，非，-sip,滋味，味道，词源同sap,sapient.
英英释意
- 1. lacking taste or flavor or tang;
- "a bland diet"
- "insipid hospital food"
- "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"
- "vapid beer"
- "vapid tea"
- 2. lacking significance or impact;
- "an insipid novel"
- 3. lacking interest or significance;
- "an insipid personality"
- "jejune novel"
- 4. not pleasing to the sense of taste
英文词源
- insipid (adj.)
- 1610s, "without taste or perceptible flavor," from French insipide (16c.), from Late Latin inspidus "tasteless," from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + sapidus "tasty," from sapere "have a taste" (also "be wise;" see sapient). Figurative meaning "uninteresting, dull" first recorded 1640s, but it was also a secondary sense in Medieval Latin.
In ye coach ... went Mrs. Barlow, the King's mistress and mother to ye Duke of Monmouth, a browne, beautifull, bold, but insipid creature. [John Evelyn, diary, Aug. 18, 1649]
Related: Insipidly.
实用场景例句
- a cup of insipid coffee
- 一杯淡而无味的咖啡
牛津词典
- After an hour of insipid conversation, I left.
- 经过一个小时乏味的谈话之后，我离开了。
牛津词典
- It tasted indescribably bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
- 这东西尝起来淡而无味至极,像加热过的纸板一样。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid...
- 表面上她似乎温顺驯服,相当乏味无趣。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru.
- 他们与秘鲁队的揭幕战打得波澜不惊，最终以 0:0 战平。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The face was not at all insipid, but it was not exactly expressive.
- 这张脸当然不能说缺少吸引力, 然而又不是那么富于表情.
辞典例句
- A mixture of milk and water is a insipid drink.
- 牛奶和水的混合物是平淡无味的饮料.
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- The usual theism is more insipid.
- 平常的有神论则更淡而无味了.
辞典例句
- Like the love that my husband laugh, but that the insipid flashing light.
- 喜欢爱笑的那个老公, 平淡却透露着闪耀的光芒.
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- North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit.
- 北美的一种草本植物,其根有毒,果实可食用但平淡无味.
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- They may appear to be insipid.
- 那样看起来会显得平淡无味了.
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- Tongue is all around red, coated tongue is white, food meal is insipid?
- 舌头四周红,舌苔白,食饭无味?舌头四周红, 舌苔白, 食饭无味?
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- It is flat and insipid to the taste , having been deprived of its atmospheric gases.
- 它单调无味, 已无大气气体.
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- The trip was insipid and disappointing.
- 这次旅游平淡无奇,令人失望.
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- I try to feed it with soda biscuit which is dry and insipid.
- 开始是苏打饼干,一点味道都没有特干的那种.
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- She said she was a good cook, but the food she cooked is insipid.
- 她说她是个好厨师, 但她做的食物却是无味道的.
辞典例句
- Plain is a very high level, in fact, people are really too difficult to insipid.
- 平淡是一种极高的境界, 其实人真得难以平淡.
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- It tastes insipid yet a slow sipping will doubtless yield a wee bit of sweetness.
- 它极淡极淡,但若细细啜饮,却也能尝出一丁点儿的甜味来.
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- Living only in the insipid tasteless people seem to be are empty and insipid tasteless.
- 生活只有在平淡无味的人看来,才会是空虚而平淡无味的.
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- The food was rather insipid and needed gingering up.
- 这食物缺少味道,需要加点作料.
辞典例句
- It is insipid and unnatural.
- 它既枯燥乏味又矫揉造作.
辞典例句
- Insipid: Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge; dull, flat.
- 平淡: 缺乏引人入胜质量的发言, 没有刺激或挑战; 愚钝, 平庸.
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- He has opinions on almost everything but most of them are insipid.
- 他几乎对每件事都有意见但大部分都枯燥无味.
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- Insipid , as the queen upon a card.
- 没有一丝表情, 犹如扑克上的女王.
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- Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid.
- 平淡无味的不可能冒犯或激起强烈的情感的; 乏味的.
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- Although, only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love.
- 尽管, 只有人类思维才发明得出爱情这般乏味的东西.
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- Insipid, dry, cheesed feeling can make a person fretful go mad even.
- 平淡 、 枯燥无味 、 厌烦的感觉能令人烦燥甚至发疯.
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- What was unreal has grow real; and what is exciting is insipid.
- 那些过去认为是不真实的东西,如今已经成为现; 那些过去认为很有意思的事物,如今已经变得索然无味.
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