| 单词 | lukewarm |
| 释义 | lukewarm (once / 2782 pages) adj Something lukewarm is just a teeny bit warm. Lukewarm feelings are also not very strong. Lukewarm is a word for things that are warm, but only barely. A forgotten cup of hot coffee will get lukewarm before it eventually gets cold. It's disappointing when food at a restaurant is served lukewarm; most people like their food hot. Also, people can have lukewarm feelings and reactions. If someone asks you out to lunch and you say, "Well, I guess that would be OK," that's a lukewarm response. WORD FAMILYlukewarm: lukewarmly, lukewarmness USAGE EXAMPLES“What I’ve heard is, at best, people are lukewarm to it,” Dakota County Treasurer Bob Giese said of the new design. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) In the quarter ended Sept. 24, Apple reported its first annual revenue decline in 15 years amid lukewarm iPhone sales. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) “Other kids got lunch packs and sandwiches and I opened up plastic container of lukewarm chicken wings.” The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj moderately warm he hates lukewarm coffee Syn tepid warm having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat 2adj feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm gave only lukewarm support to the candidate Syn half-hearted, halfhearted, tepid unenthusiastic not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor |
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