torpid

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat. UK
    — In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.
形容词 adj.
  1. unmoving
  2. dormant or hibernating
  3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

词形变化

more torpid comparative most torpid superlative torpids plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin torpeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin torpidus
English torpid
From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin torpeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin torpidus
English torpid
From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).
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