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 insipid [ɪn'sɪpɪd]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 乏味的, 清淡的, 难吃的

[医] 无味的




    insipid
    [ adj ]
    1. lacking taste or flavor or tang

    2. <adj.all>
      a bland diet
      insipid hospital food
      flavorless supermarket tomatoes
      vapid beer
      vapid tea
    3. lacking interest or significance or impact

    4. <adj.all>
      an insipid personality
      jejune novel


    Insipid \In*sip"id\, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus
    savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.]
    1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste;
    without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid
    drink or food. --Boyle.

    2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting;
    weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an
    insipid composition.

    Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. --South.

    But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to
    say so, almost insipid. --Dryden.

    Syn: Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated;
    lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

    1. The contest, which Rice calls "a sneaky but enjoyable way to encourage writing," invites insipid inkslingers to offer opening sentences to the worst possible hypothetical novels.
    2. By contrast, the insipid world of mainstream economics could be populated entirely by intelligent computers.
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