lethargic

中文来自 ECDICT

adj.: 昏睡的，无生气的，泠漠的，冷淡的

构词拆分

lethargy词根/词干

-ic后缀

Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”. · (chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a greater oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
书面借自 ←古希腊语 ληθαργικός

词源说明

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ληθαργικός (lēthargikós), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ἀργός (argós, “not working”). By surface analysis, lethargy +‎ -ic.

释义（英文）

形容词 Adjective

Sluggish, slow.
Indifferent, apathetic.

词族

派生词（3）

antilethargic lethargically lethargicness