單詞
vapid
英 ['v?p?d]
美['v?p?d]
基本信息
- adj. 無趣味的；無生氣的；索然乏味的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?vapidity;
中文詞源
vapid 乏味的
來自vapor,蒸氣，蒸發(fā)，用于指酒的酒精蒸發(fā)掉的，乏味的。
英文詞源
- vapid (adj.)
- 1650s, "flat, insipid" (of drinks), from Latin vapidus "flat, insipid," literally "that has exhaled its vapor," related to vappa "stale wine," and probably to vapor "vapor." Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless. Related: Vapidly; vapidness.
雙語例句
- 1. She made a vapid comment about the weather.
- 她對天氣作了一番平淡無奇的評論。
來自辭典例句
- 2. A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston's face at the mention of Big Brother.
- 提到老大哥,溫斯頓的臉上便了無生氣地掠過了一絲向往的表情.
來自英漢文學(xué)
- 3. He's just another slice off the loaf of shallow vapid pain - in - the - ass 09 erdom.
- 他只是09社區(qū)那幫膚淺而討人厭的人的后輩而已.
來自電影對白
- 4. The theory is vapid, while the life is colorful.
- 理論是灰色的, 唯生活之樹常青.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Is is increasingly part of a vapid and commercialised mass - media culture.
- 它是商業(yè)化的乏味的大眾傳媒中快速發(fā)展的一部分.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)