insipid

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/    美 /ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unappetizingly flavorless.
    — The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
  2. Flat; lacking character or definition.
    — The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.

词形变化

more insipid comparative most insipid superlative

词汇关系

近义词
bland cardboard flaggy flavorless ingustible intastable savorless insipid tame gustless sapidless mawkish smackless tasteless unsavory untasteable vapid wallowish watery waugh wearish wersh
反义词
gustable
上位词
imperceptible
衍生词
insipidity insipidly insipidness insipid schizotypal uninsipid
相关词
insipient boring weak

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *sep-
Proto-Italic *sapiō
Latin sapiō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin sapidus
Latin īnsipiduslbor.
French insipidebor.
English insipid
From French insipide, from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”). In some senses, perhaps influenced by insipient (“unwise, foolish, stupid”).
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