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insipid

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈsɪpɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈsɪpɪd/
 (disapproving)
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  1. having almost no taste 无味道的；淡而无味的synonym flavourless
    • a cup of insipid coffee一杯淡而无味的咖啡
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
  2. not interesting or exciting没有趣味的；枯燥乏味的 synonym dull
    • After an hour of insipid conversation, I left.经过一个小时乏味的谈话之后，我离开了。🔊🔊
    • The group are an insipid imitation of the Beatles.该团体是甲壳虫乐队的平淡无奇的模仿。
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French insipide or late Latin insipidus, from in- ‘not’ + sapidus (from sapere ‘to taste’).