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torpid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tor·pid /ˈtɔːpɪd $ ˈtɔːr-/ adjective formal  LAZYnot active because you are lazy or sleepy 迟钝的,懒散的;昏昏欲睡的,有气无力的 a torpid mind 迟钝的头脑
Examples from the Corpus
torpidUnsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future.In front of him the torpid lizards stirred in their cage on the picture box.A lime-green chameleon, stretching from fence to shrub in torpid motion, beguiled us.By 1976, the union had become torpid, old, and bureaucratic.For nearly half-an-hour nothing happened, no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel.The evolutionary advantage of this is that the animal need not lie around in a torpid state, vulnerable to attack.
Origin torpid (1600-1700) Latin torpidus, from torpere to be stiff or without feeling
tor·pid adjectiveChineseSyllable
or lazy are Corpus you not sleepy because active


torpid
torpid /ˈtɔːpəd, ˈtɔːpɪd $ ˈtɔːr-/ adjective formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: torpidus, from torpere __to be stiff or without feeling__
not active because you are lazy or sleepy:
    a torpid mind


tor·pidBrE /ˈtɔːpɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɔːrpɪd/ 🔊 adjective (formal) not active; with no energy or enthusiasm 不活泼的;迟钝的;有气无力的;懒散的 SYN lethargic