解释
- adj. 冷淡的；微温的；不够热心的
※ 提供单词"lukewarm"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
lukewarm 微温的，不冷不热的
luke,温和，来自PIE*kele,暖和，词源同calorie,lee,warm,暖和的，实质上表达的为同一个意思。引申词义微温的，不冷不热的。
英文词源
- lukewarm
- lukewarm: [14] Lukewarm is a compound adjective based on the now obsolete Middle English luke ‘tepid’. It is not altogether clear where this came from, but it is generally assumed to be a derivative of the also now obsolete lew ‘(fairly) warm’, with perhaps a diminutive suffix. Lew goes back to an Old English hlēow ‘warm’, a variant of which became modern English lee ‘shelter’. It is related to Latin calor ‘heat’ (source of English calorie), calidus ‘hot’ (source of English caudle, cauldron, and chowder), and calēre ‘be hot’ (source of English nonchalant).
=> calorie, cauldron, chowder, lee, nonchalant - lukewarm (adj.)
- late 14c., from luke + warm (adj.). Figurative sense of "lacking in zeal" (of persons or their actions) is from 1520s. Related: Lukewarmly; lukewarmness.
例句和用法
- 1. The coffee was weak and lukewarm.
- 咖啡寡淡无味，温乎乎的。
- 2. Wash your face with lukewarm water.
- 用温水洗脸。
- 3. Our food was only lukewarm.
- 我们的食物只是温乎的。
- 4. His plan got a lukewarm reception from the committee.
- 他的计划遭到委员会的冷淡对待.
- 5. The new design only received a lukewarm endorsement from head office.
- 新设计在总部反响平平.
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
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来自《简明英汉词典》