lukewarm 音标拼音: [l'ukw'ɔrm]
a . 微温的,不热的,不热情的
微温的,不热的,不热情的
lukewarm adj 1 :
moderately warm ; "
he hates lukewarm coffee "; "
tepid bath water " [
synonym : {
lukewarm }, {
tepid }]
2 :
feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm ; "
a halfhearted effort "; "
gave only lukewarm support to the candidate " [
synonym : {
halfhearted }, {
half -
hearted }, {
tepid },
{
lukewarm }]
Lukewarm \
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1 .
Moderately warm ;
neither cold nor hot ;
tepid .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Not ardent ;
not zealous ;
cool ;
indifferent . "
Lukewarm blood ." --
Spenser . "
Lukewarm patriots ." --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion . --
Dryden .
-- {
Luke "
warm `
ly },
adv . -- {
Luke "
warm `
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lukewarm ":
Laodicean ,
aestival ,
apathetic ,
blood -
hot ,
blood -
warm ,
calid ,
chill ,
chilly ,
cold ,
cool ,
equatorial ,
fervorless ,
genial ,
half -
baked ,
halfhearted ,
hesitant ,
indecisive ,
indevotional ,
indevout ,
indifferent ,
indifferentist ,
insouciant ,
irresolute ,
irresolved ,
lackadaisical ,
luke ,
mild ,
neuter ,
neutral ,
nonchalant ,
nonobservant ,
nonreligious ,
perfunctory ,
phlegmatic ,
room temperature ,
room -
temperature ,
subtropical ,
summery ,
sunny ,
sunshiny ,
temperate ,
tepid ,
thermal ,
thermic ,
toasty ,
tropical ,
uncertain ,
uncommitted ,
undecided ,
undevout ,
undutiful ,
unenthusiastic ,
unfrozen ,
unmoved ,
unreligious ,
unresolved ,
unresponsive ,
warm ,
warm as toast ,
warmish ,
wishy -
washy ,
zealless
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