Word · Frequency #20718
insipid
淡而无味；无味
Having little or no flavor; tasteless.
本义，指食物、饮料等缺乏味道。
- 1.
Unappetizingly flavorless.
令人提不起食欲的无味。
- 2.
lacking taste or flavor or tang
缺乏味道,淡而无味的
- 3.
Flat; lacking character or definition.
平淡；缺乏特色或定义。
- 4.
lacking interest or significance or impact
缺乏趣味,平淡无奇的
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
In use
The soup was insipid and needed more salt.
His insipid speech failed to engage the audience.
She found the novel insipid and put it down after a few pages.
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。
insipid + noun (abstract)
用于形容抽象事物，如谈话、表演等缺乏趣味。
I found the conversation insipid and tedious.
我觉得这场对话乏味又无聊。
Connections
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。
Synonyms
- bland
- a. 清淡的，乏味的 · bland 通常指食物清淡无味，也可形容事物缺乏刺激性；比 insipid 更常用。
Learner notes
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。
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。
Grammar Note
常用于描述食物或饮料。
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.