1650s, "flat, insipid" (of drinks), from Latin vapidus "flat, insipid," literally "that has exhaled its vapor," related to vappa "stale wine," and probably to vapor "vapor." Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless. Related: Vapidly; vapidness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. She made a vapid comment about the weather.
她對(duì)天氣作了一番平淡無(wú)奇的評(píng)論。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston's face at the mention of Big Brother.
提到老大哥,溫斯頓的臉上便了無(wú)生氣地掠過(guò)了一絲向往的表情.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué)
3. He's just another slice off the loaf of shallow vapid pain - in - the - ass 09 erdom.
他只是09社區(qū)那幫膚淺而討人厭的人的后輩而已.
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
4. The theory is vapid, while the life is colorful.
理論是灰色的, 唯生活之樹(shù)常青.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Is is increasingly part of a vapid and commercialised mass - media culture.