单词 | vivid |
释义 | vivid (once / 224 pages) adj Vivid is an adjective that describes a bold and bright color, an intense feeling, or an image in your mind that is so clear you can almost touch it. Sometimes you have a vivid dream that feels so real that even when you wake up, you can’t tell if the dream is really over. In that dream, perhaps there were flowers with deep, rich, and vivid colors that looked like they were painted. Vivid comes from the Latin vivere, which means “to live,” and vivid memories do seem to live on. WORD FAMILYvivid: vivider, vividest, vividly, vividness USAGE EXAMPLESAlthough set in Australia with vivid wilderness descriptions, his theme that you “attempt to tame nature at your peril” is universal. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) If there’s something for everyone on “Coconut Oil,” there’s also a personality vivid enough to hold it all together. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) At the CIA’s annual Memorial Wall ceremony in 2000, Kirzinger said Tenet’s vivid remarks about the slain operatives inspired his project. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj having striking color a bird with vivid plumage Syn bright, brilliant colorful, colourful having striking color 2adj (of color) having the highest saturation vivid green Syn intense pure, saturated (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black 3adj evoking lifelike images within the mind a vivid description Syn graphic, lifelike, pictorial realistic aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are 4adj having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience a vivid recollection Syn clear readily apparent to the mind |
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