lukewarm

• adj.冷たい；ぬるい；熱意が足りない

luke,穏やかな、PIE*kele, 温かい、から派生した。語源的にはcalorie, lee, 温かいと同じで、本質的に同じ意味を伝える。熱すぎず冷たすぎないlukewarmから派生。

lukewarm

lukewarm: [14] Lukewarm is a compound adjective based on the now obsolete Middle English luke ‘tepid’. It is not altogether clear where this came from, but it is generally assumed to be a derivative of the also now obsolete lew ‘(fairly) warm’, with perhaps a diminutive suffix. Lew goes back to an Old English hlēow ‘warm’, a variant of which became modern English lee ‘shelter’. It is related to Latin calor ‘heat’ (source of English calorie), calidus ‘hot’ (source of English caudle, cauldron, and chowder), and calēre ‘be hot’ (source of English nonchalant).
=> calorie, cauldron, chowder, lee, nonchalant

lukewarm (adj.)

late 14c., from luke + warm (adj.). Figurative sense of "lacking in zeal" (of persons or their actions) is from 1520s. Related: Lukewarmly; lukewarmness.

1. The coffee was weak and lukewarm .

コーヒーは無味乾燥で、温かい。

2.Wash your face with lukewarm water.

ぬるま湯で顔を洗う。

3.Our food was only lukewarm .

私たちの食べ物は温かいだけです。

4.His plan got a lukewarm reception from the committee.

彼の計画は委員会に冷遇された。

5.The new design only received a lukewarm endorsement from head office.

新設計は本社で反響が平らである。