tepid: [14] English gets tepid from Latin tepidus, a derivative of tepēre ‘be warm’. This was descended from the Indo-European base *tep- ‘warm’, which also produced Russian teplyj ‘warm’, Czech teply ‘warm’, and Welsh twym ‘hot’.
tepid (adj.)
c. 1400, from Latin tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be moderately warm," from PIE root *tep- "to be hot" (cognates: Sanskrit tapati "makes warm, heats, burns," tapas "heat, austerity;" Avestan tafnush "fever;" Old Church Slavonic topiti "to warm," teplu "warm;" Old Irish tene "fire;" Welsh tes "heat"). Related: Tepidly; tepidity.
例文
1. If your child 's temperature rises，sponge her down gently with tepid water.
子供の体温が上昇したら、スポンジにぬるま湯をつけて体を軽く拭きます。
2.The play was greeted with tepid applause.
この芝居は零れた拍手しか得られなかった。
3.The critics 's reaction to the film was rather tepid .
評論家はその映画に対する反応があまり熱烈ではない。
4.His nomination，while strongly backed by the President，has received tepid support in the Senate.
彼の指名は大統領の強力な支持を得たが、支持した上院議員はわずかだった。
5.She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.