tepid

形容词 adj.
发音 tĕp'ĭd

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
    — I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.
  2. Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.
    — He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

词形变化

more tepid comparative most tepid superlative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tep-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *t(e)péh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *tepēō
Latin tepeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin tepidusbor.
English tepid
Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.
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