Torpid
['tɔːpɪd] or ['tɔrpɪd]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
(a.) Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
整理:露丝
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Numb, benumbed, motionless, lethargic.[2]. Sluggish, inert, dull, inactive, indolent, stupid.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Numb, lifeless, senseless, dull, sluggish, inactive, hibernating, insensible,inert
ANT:Lively, animated, gay, brisk, nimble, active, restless, energetic, vivacious,sensitive, alive
布兰得利整理
解釋/意思:
adj. stiff numb: having lost the power of motion and feeling: sluggish dormant: pertaining to the Torpids or Lent boat-races at Oxford.—n. a second-class racing boat or one of its crew.—n. Torpid′ity.—adv. Tor′pidly.—n. Tor′pidness.—v.t. Tor′pify to make torpid.—ns. Tor′pitude state of being torpid: numbness: dullness: stupidity; Tor′por numbness: inactivity: dullness: stupidity.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I have borne long with self-reproach that would have roused any mind less torpid and cowardly than mine. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- At about this point, Mr. Gradgrind's eye would fall upon her; and under the influence of that wintry piece of fact, she would become torpid again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The understandings of those who are engaged in such employments, can seldom grow torpid for want of exercise. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Wedded to Rowena, indeed, her nobler and more generous soul may yet awake the better nature which is torpid within him. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The bold and reckless young blood of ten-years back was subjugated and was turned into a torpid, submissive, middle-aged, stout gentleman. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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