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tor·pid
tor pihd
torpidly (adv.), torpidity (n.), torpidness (n.)
词根:torpid
adv.torpidly 迟钝地;麻痹地;动物休眠地
n.torpor 不活泼;麻木;懒散,迟缓
torpidity 不活泼;麻木;麻痹;无感觉
torpidness 冬眠;不活泼
Adjective
1. slow and apathetic;
"she was fat and inert"
"a sluggish worker"
"a mind grown torpid in old age"
2. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
"dormant buds"
"a hibernating bear"
"torpid frogs"
1610年代,“麻木,没有感觉或力量”,源自拉丁语 torpidus “麻木,昏迷”,源自 torpere “麻木或僵硬”(源自 PIE 词根 *ster-(1)“僵硬”)。比喻意义上的“迟缓,呆滞,冷漠”来自1650年代。相关词汇: Torpidly; torpidness。
缺乏活力的,缓慢的
Middle English, "inattentive, lazy," borrowed from Latin torpidus "numbed, paralyzed," adjective derivative corresponding to the stative verb torpēre "to be numb, lack sensation, be struck motionless, be sluggish or lethargic," going back to dialectal Indo-European *tr̥p-eh2- (whence also Old Church Slavic trĭpěti "to be patient, suffer," Lithuanian tirpstù, tir͂pti "to become stiff, lose feeling, fall asleep [of limbs]"), zero-grade derivative of a verbal base perhaps seen also in the Germanic adjective *þerba- (from *terp-o-), whence Old English þeorf "unleavened," Old Frisian therve, derve "rough, violent," Old High German therp, derp "unleavened," Old Icelandic þjarfr "unleavened, fresh (of water), insipid, flat" Note: The base *terp- "grow stiff" appears to be limited to Italic, Germanic and Balto-Slavic. There is a homonymous base *terp- "be satisfied," under which is usually placed the Germanic preterit-present verb *þarf "be under a necessity, need," whence German dürfen "to be allowed or permitted (to do)." Pokorny's Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch takes *terp- "grow stiff" as a "root extension" of a more basic stem *(s)ter-, which, by way of unconditioned ablaut and root extensions, supposedly gives rise to a vast array of vocabulary.
The first known use of torpid was in the 15th century
torrentialadjective
relating to or resembling a torrent
torrential rains
torrentialadjective
relating to or resembling a torrent
torrential rains
torrentnoun
a rushing stream of a liquid
a torrent of rain
a mountain stream or its channel
a sudden rush like a stream of liquid
a torrent of criticism
torpornoun
temporary loss or suspension of motion or feeling
a state of lowered bodily activity (as during hibernation) that is a response to an unfavorable environmental condition (as cold or drought)
apathy
torpidadjective
having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling
exhibiting or characterized by topor
a bear torpid in winter sleep
having too little energy or strength : apathetic
torpidadjective
having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling
exhibiting or characterized by topor
a bear torpid in winter sleep
having too little energy or strength : apathetic
torpidadjective
sluggish in functioning or acting : characterized by torpor
1 Such figures on horseback, men in mysterious freedom of agency and movement, recur in the background of Gauguin's Polynesian pictures, the miniature landscapes glimpsed beyond the torpid and often melancholy world of the women.
2 So extended are the pauses between sentences, so torpid the pace even of the chase scenes.
3 my tongue and throat remained torpid for a time following the endoscopy
4 He had detected the latent sensuality, which unfolded under his delicate sense of her nature’s requirements like a torpid, torrid, sensitive blossom.
5 Inside, though, Ingrid is in a state of torpid discontent, unhappy with her circumstances but unsure of how to change them.
6 The duo of the night was unquestionably Anthony and Lopez, who jolted the mostly torpid pageant to life with a raucous, shimmying Latin pop showcase with Sheila E. on drums.
7 I remember the sense of calm in there, the torpid movements of the midwives, the whispering, the sweet smell of formula milk, the little cooing sounds from the incubators.
8 Gary is a torpid man who works as a translator for the CIA in the Washington area.
9 Even grief is a blunt instrument in this torpid place.
10 The two female Scholars sat up very slightly, though their daemons, either well behaved or torpid, did no more than flick their eyes at each other.
11 Even when he was awake he was completely torpid.
他醒着的时候也完全麻木不动。
12 "The pressing question," writes Seal, "was how far the west might extend its influence inland into Asia before running into the torpid oriental headwind that traditionally blew there."
13 He is not a winter man; as a depressive, its dinge makes him torpid and morose.
14 Breakfast at Tiffany's managed it, finding what the Evening Standard critic described as "an amusingly torpid specimen" to play Holly Golightly's feline friend.
15 As the titular operative, George Clooney is torpid with the weight of his past.
16 Scenes of their life after prison – too often torpid and hampered, with tons of admin to get through – were set against frenzied glimpses of their time inside.
17 The truth: They went down a storm at In the City, so maybe there is a market for this brand of torpid disco.
18 One downside: the jostling yet torpid mass of humanity you will find yourself a part of.
19 It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if His mind grows torpid in old age Samuel Johnson.
一个人老的时候如果因为很少使用头脑而使它变得麻木,那是他自己的过错(萨缪尔·约翰逊)。
20 The fervent heat merely communicated a genial warmth to their half - torpid systems.
炽热的温度对他们半麻痹的系统而言只能传达出一种亲切和温暖而已.
4 缺乏热情
6 迟缓
fatbrained slow dull sluggish inert dilatory draggy unready blate retardatory behind torpidly lagging defer tarry torpify retard
7 迟钝的
laggard fat-witted slow wooden gross dumb dull dim inactive blunt opaque numb chuckle sluggish lymphatic inert insensitive bovine musty crass obtuse lumpish dopey slow-witted Boeotian purblind stick-in-the-mud blockish logy unapt blate inconscient stockish clotty dumpish cowish thick wet stodgy phlegmatic a thick head beef-witted cunctative staumrel heavy fat impervious lethargic impenetrable glassy heavy-handed tardy leaden stolid heavy-footed dunny laggardly thick-skulled sulky wanting uncoordinated simple-minded saturnine passive lazy dense backward beefy languid humdrum sodden poky unready thick-headed stupid dozy retarded unintelligent phlegmatical moderate pudding stagnant unresponsive soggy pokey muzzy half-witted lobotomized sottish heavy-headed torporific dullish
8 迟钝
laggard fat-witted slow wooden gross dumb dull dim inactive blunt opaque numb chuckle sluggish lymphatic inert insensitive bovine musty crass obtuse lumpish dopey slow-witted Boeotian purblind stick-in-the-mud blockish logy unapt blate inconscient stockish clotty dumpish cowish thick dully rust opacity inertia phlegm dullness torpor insensibility hebetate opiate constipate deaden bate wet stodgy phlegmatic dimly torpidity a thick head beef-witted cunctative staumrel heavy fat impervious lethargic impenetrable glassy heavy-handed tardy leaden stolid heavy-footed dunny laggardly thick-skulled sternforemost torpidness slowness bluntness denseness unreadiness stolidity cunctation obtund passive lazy dense backward beefy languid humdrum sodden poky unready thick-headed slow of wit stupid hebetude density languor torpefy blindfold dozy desensitize simple retarded unintelligent lobotomize not the sharpest knife in the drawer not the sharpest tool in the box phlegmatical moderate pudding stagnant unresponsive soggy pokey muzzy half-witted lobotomized sottish heavy-headed torporific heavily thickness stagnation inaction retardation heaviness stagnancy tardigrade dullish stagnate torpify petrify
9 麻痹
torpor torpefy numb benumb stupid powerless paralytic paralyse palsied torporific sleep paralysis palsy stupor acedia torpidity paralysation torpify dope
12 睡眠
13 呆滞
set slow vague slack sluggish glazed fishy lethargic glassy haggard leaden draggy unmeaning glazy vegetably constipation lethargy torpor languor stagnate constipate benumb
15 不活泼
dull soggy inert languid unenlivened slack constipation inertia dullness torpify slow heavy dead quiet passive inactive sleepy sluggish stagnant lethargic leaden lobotomized unanimated dully stagnantly inactivity lethargy torpor torpidity inactivate dead as a herring dead as mutton dead as a doornail sedentary slake static tame heaviness inanimation stagnate asleep
18 麻木
dead dull numb anesthetic comatose insensible spaced-out spacy asleep coma callous callosity dumb opiate desensitize anesthetize sodden benumb impassible impassive anesthesia anaesthesia sear stupefy rough stupid insensitive besotted stupor torpor torpefy anaesthetize deaden hard as nails go to sleep
19 有气无力
21 没有感觉
22 呆滞的
set slow vague slack sluggish glazed fishy lethargic glassy haggard leaden draggy unmeaning glazy sleepy blank stagnant dozy
24 没有感觉的
25 缺乏热情的
26 不活泼的
dull soggy inert languid unenlivened slow heavy dead quiet passive inactive sleepy sluggish stagnant lethargic leaden lobotomized unanimated dead as a herring dead as mutton dead as a doornail slack sedentary quiescent static tame