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单词 torpid
释义
torpid
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈtɔː.pɪd/us
/ˈtɔːr.pɪd/
notactive;movingorthinkingslowly,especiallyas aresultof beinglazyorfeelingthat youwanttosleep:
不活泼的；（尤指因懒惰或困倦）迟钝的，呆滞的
If you have asuddenlossofcabinpressureat 20,000feet,passengerswillbecometorpid and thenloseconsciousness.如果在两万英尺的高空突然失去舱压，乘客会变得有气无力，继而失去知觉。
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Passive and not working
  • anywhere
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • bum
  • bum around
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  • idle
  • laze
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  • lie around
  • moribund
  • navel
  • non-physical
  • recharge
  • siesta
  • sit onyourarseidiom
  • sit onyourhandsidiom
  • sit round
  • slob
  • slob around (something)
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(Definition oftorpidfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftorpid

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Recent writers continue to undermine the stereotype of atorpid, unduly worldly establishment.
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He suggested that the animals lived at or near the entrances to the fissures and that night-time storms could catch thetorpidanimals unaware.
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It remains there quiescent, dormant andtorpidin the hope that some day the waters will return.
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Local authorities must stipulate, as they are often far tootorpidto do now, such conditions in granting licences.
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Rule by kindness without efficiency istorpidand doomed.
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Here is a case of a rathertorpidpatient.
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For a week at a time every man and woman and not a few of the children are drunk, some in atorpidand some in a raving condition.
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And it is not only the stability—because there can be such a thing as atorpidstability—but the vitality of our society at which we aim.
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Has this patient, who isex concessisrather confused andtorpid, said that he is not willing to go, or has he not said it?
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In cold weather, it becomestorpidand looks and feels dead, but wakes at night.
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Young nesting swifts are able to survive for a few days without food by dropping their body temperature and metabolic rate, entering atorpidstate.
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In the morning, while they are stilltorpid, they move from the rock-crevices to basking sites exposed to the sun.
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This effect has been observed in othertorpidmetabolic states, like diving.
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The animals are oftentorpidin the heat of the day, hiding in concealed locations such as hollow logs or holes.
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After awaking from atorpidstate, these marsupials actively seek out areas in which they can bask in the sun to aid in this process.
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