tor·pid /ˈtɔrpəd/
  (a.)痲痺的,遲緩的,遲鈍的,蟄伏的
  tor·pid /ˈtɔrpəd/ 形容詞
  缺乏活力的,緩慢的,蟄伏
  Tor·pid a.
  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.
  Tor·pid n.  [Slang, Oxford University, Eng.]
  1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
  2.  pl. The Lenten rowing races.
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  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)]