| 单词 | vapid |
| 释义 | vapid (once / 6238 pages) adj Reserve the adjective vapid for the airhead in your office who brings nothing to the table, except maybe the doughnuts. Vapid is an adjective to describe someone or something that is dull or uninspiring. "We prefer not to consider the shockingly vapid and primitive comments uttered by athletes in postcontest interviews," David Foster Wallace wrote. The word was originally used in English in a much more literal sense, describing beverages that lacked flavor. It comes from the Latin word vapidus, literally "having exhaled its vapor." WORD FAMILYvapid: vapidity, vapidly, vapidness+/vapidity: vapidities USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a celebration of masculine violence and vapid tradition, a pointless superficial contest. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) Now they regard the phenomenon with bewilderment bordering on disgust, considering the content dumb and vapid. Slate(Nov 11, 2016) Many of the sentiments are vapid, like the title alone of “I Live to Make You Smile.” Washington Times(Oct 14, 2016) 1adj lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest a vapid conversation a vapid smile a bunch of vapid schoolgirls Syn unexciting, unstimulating not stimulating 2adj lacking taste or flavor or tang vapid beer vapid tea Syn bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless tasteless lacking flavor |
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