英语词汇“turgid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Turgid describes something that's swollen, typically by fluids, like a turgid water balloon that's way too big to resist dropping on your friend's head.

Turgid comes from the Latin word turgidus, meaning "swollen, inflated." Turgid can be used in a figurative sense to describe things that are overblown. That might remind you of some people's egos! If a famous singer wants to showcase his incredible vocal range and his love of yodeling in a single song, the result may well be turgid, something so swollen with notes and styles that it seems ready to burst.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

turbid / turgid

Pop quiz time! Choose the correct word in each sentence:

The rivers become so turbid/turgid that they turn a chocolate brown color.

If the writing is turbid/turgid, the story and its characters will not be clearly seen.

I just took my shoes off at midnight and found that I have little, turbid/turgid toes!

Leo's turbid/turgid, overblown prose won over his professor in the end.

In the first sentence, the rivers are so muddy, so opaque, that they are brown (makes you favor the environmentalists, doesn't it?). Turbid is the right choice here. It can refer to something thick with suspended matter, as with the rivers.

The second sentence refers to writing that is confused or opaque. Again, the correct word is turbid. The rivers in the first sentence were so muddy that you couldn't see to the bottom. The writing referred to in the second sentence also prevents you from seeing to the bottom.

Confused or opaque toes don't seem to work in the third sentence, so the answer must be turgid. Turgid means swollen or bombastic. One imagines the speaker of the third sentence taking her oh-so-fashionable shoes off after a long evening out and finding that her toes have become little sausages, thus the appropriateness of turgid.

You've probably figured out by now that the fourth sentence requires turgid as well. The prose in that sentence is a different type of swollen, one hinted at with overblown. Here, the writing isn't unclear but bombastic, pompous, full of itself, which describes a lot of academic writing.

To recap:

turbid: muddy, opaque
turgid: swollen, bombastic

WORD FAMILY

turgid: turgidity, turgidly, turgidness+/turgidity: turgidities

USAGE EXAMPLES

Tori Kelly whiffed too in “O Holy Night,” presented for some reason as a turgid alternative-rock tune.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016)

A turgid communiqué summarising the outcome of the four-day conclave contained few other revelations.

Economist(Oct 27, 2016)

Nevertheless, everywhere, I see the potential for unleashing a female solidarity that could cut through turgid certainties and redraw ideological fault lines.

The Guardian(Oct 09, 2016)

1adj ostentatiously lofty in style

Syn

bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid
rhetorical

given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

2adj abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Syn

intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid
unhealthy

not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind

单词	turgid
释义	turgid (once / 9866 pages) adj Turgid describes something that's swollen, typically by fluids, like a turgid water balloon that's way too big to resist dropping on your friend's head. Turgid comes from the Latin word turgidus, meaning "swollen, inflated." Turgid can be used in a figurative sense to describe things that are overblown. That might remind you of some people's egos! If a famous singer wants to showcase his incredible vocal range and his love of yodeling in a single song, the result may well be turgid, something so swollen with notes and styles that it seems ready to burst. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS turbid / turgid Pop quiz time! Choose the correct word in each sentence: The rivers become so turbid/turgid that they turn a chocolate brown color. If the writing is turbid/turgid, the story and its characters will not be clearly seen. I just took my shoes off at midnight and found that I have little, turbid/turgid toes! Leo's turbid/turgid, overblown prose won over his professor in the end. In the first sentence, the rivers are so muddy, so opaque, that they are brown (makes you favor the environmentalists, doesn't it?). Turbid is the right choice here. It can refer to something thick with suspended matter, as with the rivers. The second sentence refers to writing that is confused or opaque. Again, the correct word is turbid. The rivers in the first sentence were so muddy that you couldn't see to the bottom. The writing referred to in the second sentence also prevents you from seeing to the bottom. Confused or opaque toes don't seem to work in the third sentence, so the answer must be turgid. Turgid means swollen or bombastic. One imagines the speaker of the third sentence taking her oh-so-fashionable shoes off after a long evening out and finding that her toes have become little sausages, thus the appropriateness of turgid. You've probably figured out by now that the fourth sentence requires turgid as well. The prose in that sentence is a different type of swollen, one hinted at with overblown. Here, the writing isn't unclear but bombastic, pompous, full of itself, which describes a lot of academic writing. To recap: turbid: muddy, opaque turgid: swollen, bombastic WORD FAMILY turgid: turgidity, turgidly, turgidness+/turgidity: turgidities USAGE EXAMPLES Tori Kelly whiffed too in “O Holy Night,” presented for some reason as a turgid alternative-rock tune. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) A turgid communiqué summarising the outcome of the four-day conclave contained few other revelations. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) Nevertheless, everywhere, I see the potential for unleashing a female solidarity that could cut through turgid certainties and redraw ideological fault lines. The Guardian(Oct 09, 2016) 1adj ostentatiously lofty in style Syn bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought 2adj abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas Syn intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid unhealthy not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
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