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tepid adj.微温的；不热心的 (1) 她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上。(2) 这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。 Around 1400, the word tepid evolved from the Latin tepidus, an adjective meaning “lukewarm,” which before that came about from the Latin tepere, a verb meaning “to be warm.” Tepid people or things are lukewarm or lacking in enthusiasm or emotion. Bathwater that’s been sitting in the tub for two hours is probably tepid. So was the hug you gave your least favorite ex when you ran into him at the movie theater.

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英 ['tepɪd] 美 ['tepɪd] (1) Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor.(2) The play was greeted with tepid applause. Tepid means lukewarm or half-hearted. If the applause for your mime-on-a-unicycle performance was more tepid than enthusiastic, it might be time to find a new hobby. 1[ADJ 形容词](水等液体)微温的，微热的 Water or another liquid that is tepid is slightly warm. 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。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](感情、反应等)冷淡的，不够热情的 If you describe something such as a feeling or reaction as tepid, you mean that it lacks enthusiasm. 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。

英语单词	tepid
英美音标	英 ['tepɪd] 美 ['tepɪd]
中文释义	adj.微温的；不热心的
英语例句	(1) Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor. (2) The play was greeted with tepid applause.
中文例句	(1) 她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上。 (2) 这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。
vocabulary简明	Tepid means lukewarm or half-hearted. If the applause for your mime-on-a-unicycle performance was more tepid than enthusiastic, it might be time to find a new hobby.
vocabulary扩展	Around 1400, the word tepid evolved from the Latin tepidus, an adjective meaning “lukewarm,” which before that came about from the Latin tepere, a verb meaning “to be warm.” Tepid people or things are lukewarm or lacking in enthusiasm or emotion. Bathwater that’s been sitting in the tub for two hours is probably tepid. So was the hug you gave your least favorite ex when you ran into him at the movie theater.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词](水等液体)微温的，微热的 Water or another liquid that is tepid is slightly warm. 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。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](感情、反应等)冷淡的，不够热情的 If you describe something such as a feeling or reaction as tepid, you mean that it lacks enthusiasm. 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。

Tepid Lukewarm Latin Meaning 英 Tepɪd] 美 Tepɪd Adj.微温的；不热心的