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。
英英释意
- 1. moderately warm;
- "he hates lukewarm coffee"
- "tepid bath water"
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.
实用场景例句
- tepid tea
- 温吞茶水
牛津词典
- a tepid bath
- 温水浴
牛津词典
- The play was greeted with tepid applause.
- 这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor.
- 她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上.
辞典例句
- If the child can have a tub bath, sit him in tepid water up to midthigh.
- 如果小儿能用盆浴, 可让他坐在温水中使水泡至大腿的一半.
辞典例句
- Frustrated by the tepid response, Mr Kim turned to the Catholic Priests'Association for Justice ( CPAJ ).
- 对反响太小感到失望的金先生转而投向基督教牧师正义联合会(CatholicPriests'AssociationforJustice ( CPAJ) ).
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- The water was tepid.
- 那水是温的.
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- With use of puration unit, Gemi can let children drink tepid water safely.
- 与净水设备配套使用, 就可以让孩子们放心喝温水了.
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- Wisteria a wild or cultivated throughout the roots, seeds, medicine, sexual Gan, tepid, a small drug.
- 紫藤各地均有野生或栽培,根 、 种子入药, 性甘, 微温, 有小毒.
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- The water tricked out of the tap is clear, though tasting stake and tepid.
- 从水龙头里流出来的水倒很清洁, 只不过味道不大新鲜,又有点热.
辞典例句
- The recovery, in an economic sense and a business travel sense, is tepid.
- 在经济和商务旅行的意义上讲, 复苏是温和的.
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- Open squares and soak in tepid water.
- 打开方纱布,泡入温水中.
辞典例句
- The tragedy of a frog in tepid water will be more likely to happen in China.
- 所以温水煮蛙的悲剧很容易在中国上演.
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- The remarks come as mainland IPOs have met with an increasingly tepid response from the markets.
- 此番言论发表之际,内地IPO正日益受到市场的冷遇.
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- Use tepid bath face what to profit have to the skin in the morning?
- 早上用温热水洗脸对皮肤有什么好处?
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- He was a tepid sort of fish.
- 他是个不冷不热的家伙.
辞典例句
- The lost me always dream of this tepid sheen.
- 迷雾中的我,一直梦寐这亮晃晃的微温.
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- John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, offers NCLB tepid support but fails to elaborate.
- 共和党总统提名人麦凯恩对NCLB仅予不冷不热的支持,但并未详加阐述.
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- The news comes as the Shanghai market continues to demonstrate a tepid response to new issues.
- 消息公布之时,上海股市对新股发行的反应依然并不热情.
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- There is nothing better than boiled tepid milk taken regularly in small quantities.
- 按时少量吃些煮过的温热牛奶是最好不过了.
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- Drinks some tepid the drink and the green tea.
- 多喝一些温热的饮料和绿茶.
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- The water tricked out of the tap clear, though tasting stake and tepid.
- 从嘴子里流出来的水倒很清洁, 只不过味道不大新鲜,又有点热.
辞典例句
- Is all of life a tepid housewarming?
- 生活的全部是不是只是迁入新居?
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- Always water plant thoroughly, using room temperature or tepid ( not icy ) water.
- 用室温水或微温水 ( 不是冰凉的 ) 给球兰浇水且一定要浇透.
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- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Japan suffers from tepid economic growth, draconian immigration policies and a shrinking population.
- 日本受制于其缓慢的经济增长, 严厉的移民政策和逐渐缩减的人口.
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