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麻痹的,迟缓的,迟钝的,蛰伏的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See {Torpid}, a.] [Slang, Oxford
   University, Eng.]
   1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

   2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.

Torpid \Tor"pid\, a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff,
   numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.]
   1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling;
      numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.

            Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.

   2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.

资料来源 : WordNet®

torpid
     adj 1: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish
            worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: {inert},
             {sluggish}]
     2: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
        "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn:
         {dormant}, {hibernating(a)}]