torpid
torpid 英 [ˈtɔ:pɪd] 美 [ˈtɔrpɪd]
adj. 迟钝的，迟缓的；不活泼的；麻痹的；[生物] 蛰伏的
Charlotte liked to pretend that nothing much happened to her and her family, speaking of "the torpid retirement where we live like dormice". 夏洛蒂喜欢假装即使小说获得巨大成功，对她的生活和家庭也没有什么影响，她总是说“我们的生活就像隐居的、蛰伏期的睡鼠。”
- While the adjective torpid sounds a lot like the noun torpedo, it actually describes something slow or even inactive, like the torpedo that's just sitting around before it's launched.
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- adj. 迟钝的，迟缓的；不活泼的；麻痹的；[生物] 蛰伏的
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1. Charlotte liked to pretend that nothing much happened to her and her family, speaking of "the torpid retirement where we live like dormice".
夏洛蒂喜欢假装即使小说获得巨大成功，对她的生活和家庭也没有什么影响，她总是说“我们的生活就像隐居的、蛰伏期的睡鼠。”
- torpid (adj.) 1610s, "benumbed, without feeling or power," from Latin torpidus "benumbed, stupefied," from torpere "be numb or stiff" (from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff"). Figurative sense of "sluggish, dull, apathetic" is from 1650s. Related: Torpidly; torpidness.
tor·pid / ˈtɔːpɪd ; NAmE ˈtɔːrpɪd / adjective ( formal) not active; with no energy or enthusiasm 不活泼的；迟钝的；有气无力的；懒散的 SYN lethargic tor·pid / ˈtɔːpɪd ; NAmE ˈtɔːrpɪd /
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