单词	torpid
释义	torpidtor‧pid /ˈtɔːpɪd $ ˈtɔːr-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINtorpid Origin: 1600-1700 Latin torpidus, from torpere ‘to be stiff or without feeling’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES By 1976, the union had become torpid, old, and bureaucratic. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A lime-green chameleon, stretching from fence to shrub in torpid motion, beguiled us. For nearly half-an-hour nothing happened, no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel. In front of him the torpid lizards stirred in their cage on the picture box. The evolutionary advantage of this is that the animal need not lie around in a torpid state, vulnerable to attack. Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future. not active because you are lazy or sleepy:  a torpid mind
随便看	nefarious neg. negate negation negative negative equity negatively negativity negawatt neglect neglectful neglectfully negligee negligence negligent negligently negligible negotiable negotiate negotiation negotiator Negress Negro Negro spiritual Nehru, Jawaharlal

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