单词
vapid
英 ['v?p?d]
美['v?p?d]
基本信息
- adj. 无趣味的；无生气的；索然乏味的
GRE畅通词汇
词态变化
名词:?vapidity;
中文词源
vapid 乏味的
来自vapor,蒸气，蒸发，用于指酒的酒精蒸发掉的，乏味的。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. She made a vapid comment about the weather.
- 她对天气作了一番平淡无奇的评论。
来自辞典例句
- 2. A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston's face at the mention of Big Brother.
- 提到老大哥,温斯顿的脸上便了无生气地掠过了一丝向往的表情.
来自英汉文学
- 3. He's just another slice off the loaf of shallow vapid pain - in - the - ass 09 erdom.
- 他只是09社区那帮肤浅而讨人厌的人的后辈而已.
来自电影对白
- 4. The theory is vapid, while the life is colorful.
- 理论是灰色的, 唯生活之树常青.
来自互联网
- 5. Is is increasingly part of a vapid and commercialised mass - media culture.
- 它是商业化的乏味的大众传媒中快速发展的一部分.
来自互联网