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

单词	lurid
释义	lu·rid \ˈlu̇rə̇d\ adjective Etymology: Latin luridus pale yellow, sallow; probably akin to Latin lutum dyer's rocket, yellow 1. a. : wan and ghastly pale in appearance : livid < frightened to death by the lurid waxworks — Sara H. Hay > < the leaves … shone lurid, livid — they looked as if dipped in sea water — Virginia Woolf > < lights around the two effigies threw them up into lurid distinctness — Thomas Hardy > b. archaic : dingy brown or yellowish brown — used of a plant c. : of any of several light or medium grayish colors ranging in hue from yellow to orange 2. : shining with the red glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud : suffused with red < lurid flames of burning chateaux — C.A. & Mary Beard > < the sun, shining through the smoke … seemed blood-red, and threw an unfamiliar lurid light upon everything — H.G.Wells > 3. a. : causing horror or revulsion : hideous, gruesome < lurid examples of debauchery and vice — Liam O'Flaherty > < the tabloids gave all the lurid details of floating wreckage and dismembered bodies > b. : highly colored : extravagant, gaudy, sensational < lurid emotionalism and tear-jerking nostalgia — Leslie Rees > < his readings of standard symphonic works seemed lurid and supercharged — Douglas Watt > < lurid as any melodrama — S.H.Holbrook > < paperbacks in the usual lurid covers — T.R.Fyvel >
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