insipid

英 [ɪnˈsɪpɪd]

美 [ɪnˈsɪpɪd]

adj.  无味道的; 淡而无味的; 没有趣味的; 枯燥乏味的

IELTSGRETEM8医学

BNC.20718 / COCA.24841

牛津词典

adj.

• 无味道的；淡而无味的
  having almost no taste or flavour
  1. a cup of insipid coffee
     一杯淡而无味的咖啡
• 没有趣味的；枯燥乏味的
  not interesting or exciting
  1. After an hour of insipid conversation, I left.
     经过一个小时乏味的谈话之后，我离开了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (食物或饮料)淡而无味的,没有味道的
  If you describe food or drink asinsipid, you dislike it because it has very little taste.
  1. It tasted indescribably bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
     这东西尝起来淡而无味至极,像加热过的纸板一样。
• ADJ-GRADED 枯燥乏味的;令人厌烦的
  If you describe someone or something asinsipid, you mean they are dull and boring.
  1. On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid...
     表面上她似乎温顺驯服,相当乏味无趣。
  2. They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru.
     他们与秘鲁队的揭幕战打得波澜不惊，最终以 0:0 战平。

英英释义

adj

• lacking interest or significance or impact
  1. an insipid personality
  2. jejune novel
  Synonym:jejune
• lacking taste or flavor or tang
  1. a bland diet
  2. insipid hospital food
  3. flavorless supermarket tomatoes
  4. vapid beer
  5. vapid tea
  Synonym:blandflatflavorlessflavourlesssavorlesssavourlessvapid

双语例句

• Ornament is not in itself bad, only when it's camouflage on insipid form.
  装饰本身并不坏，坏在被用来掩饰平淡的实体。
• Like the love that my husband laugh, but that the insipid flashing light.
  喜欢爱笑的那个老公，平淡却透露着闪耀的光芒。
• Her stepfather was dull and weak. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental.
  她的继父愚蠢而且懦弱。愚蠢而感情脆弱的一个乏味的体弱的人。
• It tasted bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
  这吃起来淡而无味，像加热过的纸板。
• Uniform gentleness of manner is like pure rain water, but often as insipid.
  统一温顺的风格如纯净的雨水，但也无味。
• Gigantic insipid tomatoes, huge flavourless lettuces.
  个儿挺大却食之无味的番茄和莴苣。
• Living only in the insipid and tasteless people seem to be are empty and insipid and tasteless.
  生活只有在平淡无味的人看来，才会是空虚而平淡无味的。
• What an insipid and dreary scene! I opened the lunch-box only ④ to have it covered up again.
  一种淡白无味的凄凉的情趣&我把饭匣打开，又闭上了。
• I was still a university student and has a personality courageous and cowardly, I prefer a free life, all or insipid continues!
  我还是一名大学生，性格中有着勇敢和懦弱，我喜欢自由自在的生活，一切还是在平淡的继续着！
• Lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome ( to).
  失掉力量或作用；变得或显得讨厌平淡或乏味。