| 单词 | torpid |
| 释义 | tor·pid /ˈtɔːpɪd $ ˈtɔːr-/ adjective formal LAZYnot active because you are lazy or sleepy 迟钝的，懒散的；昏昏欲睡的，有气无力的 a torpid mind 迟钝的头脑Examples from the Corpustorpid• Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future.• In front of him the torpid lizards stirred in their cage on the picture box.• A lime-green chameleon, stretching from fence to shrub in torpid motion, beguiled us.• By 1976, the union had become torpid, old, and bureaucratic.• For nearly half-an-hour nothing happened, no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel.• The evolutionary advantage of this is that the animal need not lie around in a torpid state, vulnerable to attack.Origin torpid (1600-1700) Latin torpidus, from torpere “to be stiff or without feeling”tor·pid adjectiveChineseSyllable or lazy are Corpus you not sleepy because active |
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