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.
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.