lukewarm

形容温度不冷不热；也常比喻态度或反应缺少热情、兴致不高。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一杯没有热气、也不冰凉的水：温度“不冷不热”就是 lukewarm；把这种不上不下的感觉放到人的态度上，就成了“反应冷淡、热情不足”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握温度义，再记住它可以从“温度不够热”引申为“热情不够”。
不要把 lukewarm 只理解成“温暖”；它通常强调不够热，形容态度时也往往带有不满意或不积极的意味。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 温热的；不冷不热的

📖 指液体或其他东西的温度介于冷和热之间，通常让人感觉温温的，而不是很热。

💡 常用“lukewarm + 液体或水”这一结构，尤其用于说明水的温度。它通常作定语，也可以放在 be 后作表语；不要用它表示舒适的暖和天气，那时更常用 warm。

Wash the baby with lukewarm water.

用温水给婴儿洗澡。
core 不热烈的；冷淡的

📖 把“不冷不热”的温度感转用于态度或反应，表示某人没有表现出足够的兴趣、支持或 entusiasmo，回应显得冷淡。

💡 常见结构是“a lukewarm response/reception”或“lukewarm support for + 名词”。它通常修饰公开反应、支持或评价，而不是单纯表示某人暂时心情平静；在正式评论和日常谈论中都能使用。

The new policy received a lukewarm response from employees.

员工对这项新政策的反应很冷淡。

lukewarmer comparative more lukewarm comparative lukewarmest superlative most lukewarm superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm;

同义词集: halfhearted half-hearted tepid lukewarm

a halfhearted effort

gave only lukewarm support to the candidate

moderately warm;

同义词集: lukewarm tepid

he hates lukewarm coffee

tepid bath water

近似: warm

🌳 词源

由中古英语 lukewarm 演变而来，可理解为 luke（温热的）加 warm（温暖的）。

Middle English leuk Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-West Germanic *warm Old English wearm Middle English warm Middle English leukwarm English lukewarm From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”); first element is related to Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), as in leukwater (“lukewarm water”). Compare also West Frisian lijwarm (“lukewarm”), Afrikaans louwarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German lowarm, luwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English *hlēowe (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).

🔄 变式

lukewarmer compar lukewarmest superl more lukewarm compar most lukewarm superl

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