lukewarm

ılık

Biraz sıcak olan ama sıcak sayılacak kadar ısınmamış.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Slightly warm, without being hot.

• The tea is lukewarm.
• Wash your hands in lukewarm water.
• By the time we ate, the soup was only lukewarm.

Eş anlamlılar: tepid

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lukewarm water, lukewarm coffee, lukewarm bath

isteksiz, ilgisiz

Bir şeye karşı pek ilgi veya heyecan göstermeyen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Showing little interest or excitement about something.

• His response was lukewarm.
• The proposal received only lukewarm support.
• Why are you so lukewarm about joining us?

Nasıl kullanılır: lukewarm about something (She was lukewarm about the new plan.)

Eş anlamlılar: unenthusiastic, halfhearted, tepid

Zıt anlamlılar: enthusiastic

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lukewarm response, lukewarm support, lukewarm about something