Word · Frequency #20718
insipid
淡而无味；无味
核心释义
本义，指食物、饮料等缺乏味道。
Having little or no flavor; tasteless.
- 1.
令人提不起食欲的无味。
Unappetizingly flavorless.
- 2.
缺乏味道,淡而无味的
lacking taste or flavor or tang
- 3.
平淡；缺乏特色或定义。
Flat; lacking character or definition.
- 4.
缺乏趣味,平淡无奇的
lacking interest or significance or impact
平淡无奇；乏味；令人提不起食欲的无味。；缺乏味道,淡而无味的；平淡；缺乏特色或定义。；缺乏趣味,平淡无奇的
用法In use
The soup was insipid and needed more salt.
用法提示：句中“insipid”作形容词，表示食物缺乏味道，意为“清淡的”。
His insipid speech failed to engage the audience.
用法提示：句中“insipid”作形容词，表示演讲枯燥无味，意为“乏味的”。
She found the novel insipid and put it down after a few pages.
用法提示：句中“insipid”作形容词，表示小说令人厌烦，意为“乏味的”。
insipid hospital food
an insipid personality
insipid + noun (concrete)
用于形容具体事物，如食物、饮料等缺乏味道。
The soup was an insipid watery mixture.
这汤是一种淡而无味的水状混合物。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- insipid soup
- 淡而无味的汤
- The insipid soup needed more salt and pepper.这碗淡而无味的汤需要多加些盐和胡椒。
- insipid taste
- 淡而无味的味道
- The boiled chicken had an insipid taste.水煮鸡肉味道寡淡。
- insipid conversation
- 乏味的谈话
- I tried to escape the insipid conversation at the party.我试图躲开派对上乏味的谈话。
- insipid performance
- 平淡无奇的表演
- The actor gave an insipid performance that bored the audience.那位演员的表演平淡无奇，让观众感到无聊。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象你轻轻sip（小口喝）一杯白开水，淡而无味、毫无兴致，所以insipid=平淡乏味的。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学评论、餐饮评价 通常用于正式或书面语境，多形容食物淡而无味，或作品、言论平淡乏味；日常口语中更常说 bland 或 dull。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于描述食物或饮料。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No true rhymes of insipid /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/ appear here. The -pid lookalikes rapid, vapid, tepid, and limpid all have different stressed vowels (and limpid adds /m/), so they do not rhyme with insipid, whose stress is on the second syllable. Frigid and timid only share the unstressed final /ɪd/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.