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lurid adj.可怕的；骇人听闻的；苍白的；耀眼的 (1) 昨晚我遇到了一个野蛮而可怕的强盗。(2) 这份报纸对这起凶杀案骇人听闻的细节描述得淋漓尽致。(3) 月光使这座雕塑发出苍白的光亮。(4) 耀眼的夕阳映红了他们的脸。 An expression used to avoid hearing or seeing disturbing things is "spare me the lurid details" or "spare me the gory details," and people say that so they won't have shocking or ugly images put into their imaginations. The word lurid, which entered English in the 17th century, comes from Latin lūridis, "ghastly, pale yellow." All of the synonyms for the adjective lurid describe qualities that can turn a person pale: dreadful, nightmarish, and horrific, among others. Lurid is just a uniquely dark and gruesome word.

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英 ['lʊərɪd] 美 ['lʊrɪd] (1) Last night I met a wild and lurid bandit.(2) The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.(3) Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminescence.(4) The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces. When people are lured into looking at something, they may be drawn to it because it's a shocking, graphic, or horrible scene, something lurid and very vivid that pulls them in. Shrunken heads of witch doctors and crime scenes are examples of lurid things. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（暴力、性爱等）耸人听闻的，触目惊心的，骇人的 If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.   [usu ADJ n]  [disapproval]...lurid accounts of Claire's  sexual exploits...有关克莱尔的性生活史露骨的描述Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations.一些报道含有对死状和肢解的令人毛骨悚然的描述。luridlyHis cousin was soon cursing luridly.他的表弟立刻用极其难听的脏话大骂起来。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]妖冶的；俗丽的；浓艳的 If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured.   [usu ADJ n]  [disapproval]She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange.她精心地把脚指甲涂成妖艳的红色或橙色。luridlyIt had a high ceiling and a luridly coloured square of carpet on the floor.房间天花板很高，地上铺着一块颜色俗丽的方毯。

英语单词	lurid
英美音标	英 ['lʊərɪd] 美 ['lʊrɪd]
中文释义	adj.可怕的；骇人听闻的；苍白的；耀眼的
英语例句	(1) Last night I met a wild and lurid bandit. (2) The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder. (3) Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminescence. (4) The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces.
中文例句	(1) 昨晚我遇到了一个野蛮而可怕的强盗。 (2) 这份报纸对这起凶杀案骇人听闻的细节描述得淋漓尽致。 (3) 月光使这座雕塑发出苍白的光亮。 (4) 耀眼的夕阳映红了他们的脸。
vocabulary简明	When people are lured into looking at something, they may be drawn to it because it's a shocking, graphic, or horrible scene, something lurid and very vivid that pulls them in. Shrunken heads of witch doctors and crime scenes are examples of lurid things.
vocabulary扩展	An expression used to avoid hearing or seeing disturbing things is "spare me the lurid details" or "spare me the gory details," and people say that so they won't have shocking or ugly images put into their imaginations. The word lurid, which entered English in the 17th century, comes from Latin lūridis, "ghastly, pale yellow." All of the synonyms for the adjective lurid describe qualities that can turn a person pale: dreadful, nightmarish, and horrific, among others. Lurid is just a uniquely dark and gruesome word.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（暴力、性爱等）耸人听闻的，触目惊心的，骇人的 If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail. [usu ADJ n] [disapproval] ...lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits... 有关克莱尔的性生活史露骨的描述 Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations. 一些报道含有对死状和肢解的令人毛骨悚然的描述。 luridly His cousin was soon cursing luridly. 他的表弟立刻用极其难听的脏话大骂起来。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]妖冶的；俗丽的；浓艳的 If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured. [usu ADJ n] [disapproval] She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange. 她精心地把脚指甲涂成妖艳的红色或橙色。 luridly It had a high ceiling and a luridly coloured square of carpet on the floor. 房间天花板很高，地上铺着一块颜色俗丽的方毯。

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