lukewarm: [14] Lukewarm is a compound adjective based on the now obsolete Middle English luke ‘tepid’. It is not altogether clear where this came from, but it is generally assumed to be a derivative of the also now obsolete lew ‘(fairly) warm’, with perhaps a diminutive suffix. Lew goes back to an Old English hlēow ‘warm’, a variant of which became modern English lee ‘shelter’. It is related to Latin calor ‘heat’ (source of English calorie), calidus ‘hot’ (source of English caudle, cauldron, and chowder), and calēre ‘be hot’ (source of English nonchalant). => calorie, cauldron, chowder, lee, nonchalant
lukewarm (adj.)
late 14c., from luke + warm (adj.). Figurative sense of "lacking in zeal" (of persons or their actions) is from 1520s. Related: Lukewarmly; lukewarmness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The coffee was weak and lukewarm.
咖啡寡淡無(wú)味，溫乎乎的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Wash your face with lukewarm water.
用溫水洗臉。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Our food was only lukewarm.
我們的食物只是溫乎的。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. His plan got a lukewarm reception from the committee.
他的計(jì)劃遭到委員會(huì)的冷淡對(duì)待.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. The new design only received a lukewarm endorsement from head office.