Vapid
来自我不喜欢考试-知识库
GRE 蓝宝
目录 |
[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.索然无味的
- ［英］ adj.索然无味的 ( lacking liveliness; flat, dull)
- ［类］ 反义词: bracing ( 令人鼓舞的) ; zealous ( 热情的)
- ［记］ vap ( 蒸气) +id -> 像蒸气的 -> 乏味的
- ［同］ 同根词: vaporous ( 有蒸气的) ;vapidity ( 乏味)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin vapidus flat-tasting; akin to Latin vappa flat wine and perhaps to Latin vapor steam
- Date: circa 1656
- lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force ; flat, dull <a gossipy, vapid woman, obsessed by her own elegance — R. F. Delderfield><London was not all vapid dissipation — V. S. Pritchett>
- Synonyms: see insipid
- ? vapidly adverb
- ? vapidness noun
