luke·warm /ˈlukˈwɔrm/
(a.)微溫的,不熱的,不熱情的
Luke·warm a.
1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.
2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” --Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.”
An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. --Dryden.
-- Luke*warm*ly, adv. -- Luke*warm*ness, n.
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lukewarm
adj 1: moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath
water" [syn: tepid]
2: feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a
halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the
candidate" [syn: halfhearted]