Lukewarm
['luːkwɔːm;luːk'wɔːm;lj-] or [,lʊk'wɔm]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.
整理:莱克格斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Tepid, blood warm, slightly warm.[2]. Indifferent, unconcerned, listless, cold, torpid, dull, dead, not ardent, not zealous.
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解釋/意思:
adj. partially or moderately warm: indifferent—also Luke.—adv. Luke′warmly.—ns. Luke′warmness Luke′warmth.
校對:塞尔玛
例句/造句/用法:
- Take one table-spoonful of starch, dissolve it in cold water, and when the boiled starch gets lukewarm pour it over it, stir well, and strain. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- If the hand is cold, lukewarm water feels hot, but if the hand has been in very hot water and is then transferred to lukewarm water, the latter will seem cold. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In the city, it developed only foul stale smells, and was a sickly, lukewarm, dirt-stained, wretched addition to the gutters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- If eyes are weak, bathe them in lukewarm water in which a pinch of borax has been dissolved. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A cloggy sensation of the lukewarm fat of meat is upon me (we dined an hour or two ago), and my head is as heavy as so much lead. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The eaters of the dinner, like the dinner itself, were lukewarm, insipid, overdone--and all owing to this poor little dull Young Barnacle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- When you have taken all the copies you require wash the ink from the surface _at once_ with a sponge and plenty of lukewarm water; never use hot water. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
校對:塞尔玛