tepid tea
温吞的茶
a tepid bath
温水浴
The play was greeted with tepid applause.
这台戏只得到了零落的掌声。
1.不冷不热的,微热的;温热的
2.不大热心的(招待,赞扬等)
3.【戏】〈美〉(收入)平常的
1.warm when it should be hot; warm when it should be cold
2.not very excited or enthusiastic
1.'As the markets of the world have gotten a little more tepid, the fact that they'll have more money in their pocket is not a bad thing.
他说，我不认为会有人真正对此事感到难过。随着全球市场状况更加低迷，手头多点现金总不是坏事。
2.As I stood underneath the tepid jet, watching the dirty brown water disappear down the plug, it felt as if each drop was sent from heaven.
我站在温热的水柱里，看着棕色的脏水流入到排水沟中，感到每一滴洗澡水简直都是来自天堂。
3.He did not feel cold in this sickly-tepid tropical sea : soon he would be feeling too hot again , he knew .
在这种恶心的热带温热水中他不觉得冷。他知道一会儿又觉得太热了。
4.If the child can have a tub bath , sit him in tepid water up to midnight .
如果小儿能用盆浴，可让他坐在温水中使水泡至大腿的一半。
5.He took it to the window and throw it out into the darkness, and he noticed that the air was thick and tepid to his face.
他拿到窗口，把它扔到黑暗中去，他注意到吹到他脸上的空气又涩滞又温热。
6.Sybase foresees technology sector spending remaining tepid for at least a year and possibly until 2011.
赛贝斯预期，至少在未来一年内，甚至可能至2011期间，科技业的支出都将保持迟滞。
7.There was nothing for the disappointed firemen to do but drink tepid coffee and hang around trying to screw the nurse.
失望的救火人员无事可做，只好喝上点热咖啡，便转来转去想勾引护士。
8.By midday the water would be tepid, but in the chill of dawn it was almost cool and helped her keep her eyes open.
到正午的时候，水就会变暖，而在傍晚时分则会变得很清凉，好让她的眼睛一直保持睁开的状态。
9.I open my eyes, and there's a fly. An insect, buzzing around above the Scrabble board, surfing the thermals from the tepid cup of tea.
傻瓜，我睁开眼睛，发现那里停着一只苍蝇，只是一只昆虫，在拼字板上嗡嗡叫着，在茶杯不冷不热的气流中乱串。
10.Most forecasters expect demand to be tepid, with a pullback by the U. S. consumer.
大多数分析人士均预期需求将维持在中等水平，而美国消费者的需求量还会下降。