tepid: [14] English gets tepid from Latin tepidus, a derivative of tepēre ‘be warm’. This was descended from the Indo-European base *tep- ‘warm’, which also produced Russian teplyj ‘warm’, Czech teplý ‘warm’, and Welsh twym ‘hot’.
tepid (adj.)
c. 1400, from Latin tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be moderately warm," from PIE root *tep- "to be hot" (cognates: Sanskrit tapati "makes warm, heats, burns," tapas "heat, austerity;" Avestan tafnush "fever;" Old Church Slavonic topiti "to warm," teplu "warm;" Old Irish tene "fire;" Welsh tes "heat"). Related: Tepidly; tepidity.
tepid 英文释义
1. moderately warm;
"he hates lukewarm coffee"
"tepid bath water"
tepid 双语例句
1. If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
如果你孩子的体温上升，就用海绵蘸上温水轻轻地擦拭她的身体。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The play was greeted with tepid applause.
这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。
来自《权威词典》
3. The critics's reaction to the film was rather tepid.
评论家对那部影片的反映不太热烈.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.
尽管他的提名得到总统的大力支持，但支持他的参议员却寥寥无几。
来自柯林斯例句
5. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.
她把嘴伸到水龙头底下去喝那微温的水。
来自辞典例句
tepid 实用场景例句
tepid tea
温吞茶水
牛津词典
a tepid bath
温水浴
牛津词典
The play was greeted with tepid applause.
这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。
牛津词典
She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.
她把嘴伸到水龙头底下去喝那微温的水。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.
尽管他的提名得到总统的大力支持，但支持他的参议员却寥寥无几。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor.
她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上.
辞典例句
If the child can have a tub bath, sit him in tepid water up to midthigh.
如果小儿能用盆浴, 可让他坐在温水中使水泡至大腿的一半.
辞典例句
Frustrated by the tepid response, Mr Kim turned to the Catholic Priests'Association for Justice ( CPAJ ).
