英语词汇“tepid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tepid

/ˈtɛpɪd

adjective

1(Especially of a liquid) only slightly warm; lukewarm: she soaked a flannel in the tepid water...

She managed to reach the shower unmolested, and was soon standing under the tepid spray of water.
He finished the tepid liquid in one swallow, then motioned with his head.
Make a well in the flour and add the tepid water and olive oil to the centre.

Synonyms

lukewarm, warmish, slightly warm;

at room temperature;

French chambré

1.1Showing little enthusiasm: the applause was tepid...

He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.
Though public response has been tepid, advocates of civil rights are enthusiastic.
Yet the United Nations, the great world body created to bring peace and to disseminate aid to suffering people showed only tepid response.

Synonyms

unenthusiastic, apathetic, half-hearted, indifferent, cool, lukewarm, uninterested, unconcerned, offhand, perfunctory, desultory, limp, listless

informal unenthused

British vulgar slang half-arsed

Derivatives

tepidity

/tɪˈpɪdɪti/ noun ...

Floating on languid, perhaps to the point of tepidity, surfaces.
The tepidity of the applause showed that many had tired of it before the end of this first showing.

tepidly

/ˈtɛpɪdli/ adverb ...

Until now, leisure traffic had been tepidly coming back since September 11, but only with deeply discounted fares.
Some cheered at the end, but many more applauded tepidly.
The eventual work, while not a disaster, was tepidly received by critics and audiences.

tepidness

noun ...

A long story of emotional reconciliation, it flows and lilts through infatuation, ending in tepidness.
Actually, for its seeming tepidness, it's somehow addictive.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin tepidus, from tepere 'be warm'.