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单词 insipid
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•sip•id /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. not having stimulating qualities;
    vapid:a boring, insipid personality.
  2. without enough taste to be pleasing;
    bland:insipid soup.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•sip•id  (in sipid),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;
    vapid:an insipid personality.
  2. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink;
    bland:a rather insipid soup.
  • Latin insipidus, equivalent. to in- in-3 + -sipidus, combining form of sapidus sapid
  • 1610–20
in′si•pidi•ty, in•sipid•ness, n. 
in•sipid•ly, adv. 
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flat, dull, uninteresting.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tasteless, bland.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
insipid /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/ adj
  1. lacking spirit; boring
  2. lacking taste; unpalatable
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin insipidus, from in-1 + sapidus full of flavour, sapid

ˌinsiˈpidity, inˈsipidness n inˈsipidly adv
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