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 teply ‘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.
雙語例句
1. If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
如果你孩子的體溫上升，就用海綿蘸上溫水輕輕地擦拭她的身體。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The play was greeted with tepid applause.
這臺戲只得到了零落的掌聲。
來自《權威詞典》
3. The critics's reaction to the film was rather tepid.
評論家對那部影片的反映不太熱烈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.
盡管他的提名得到總統的大力支持，但支持他的參議員卻寥寥無幾。
來自柯林斯例句
5. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.