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Stolid 易激动的 Stɔlid A.无动于衷的 英 Adj.无动于衷的(Expr Essing Sensibility

单词 stolid
音标 ['stɔlid]
解释 a.无动于衷的
红宝书 【英】 adj.无动于衷的(expr essing little or no sensibility; unemotional)
【考】 反义词:excitable( 易激动的)
【例】 He was a rather stolid,serious type.(他是那种一本 正经、不太喜形于色 的人)
字源 stolid (adj.)
c.1600, back-formation from stolidity, or else from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, slow, brutish, rude, stupid," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).
不择手段背单词 adj. 无动于衷的, 不易激动的, 冷淡的 = unemotional = impassive
【记】源于: stoic(n 高度自制者)
【反】excitable(adj 能被激起的; 易激动的)
趣味全助记 【记】源自stupid 愚蠢,麻木;solid 固体,实心,说这人太实心眼了,象木头一样

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