turgid

英 ['tɜːdʒɪd] 美 ['tɜːrdʒɪd]

• adj. (语言或风格等)浮夸而晦涩的；膨胀的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. ostentatiously lofty in style;

   "a man given to large talk"
   "tumid political prose"
   

2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;

   "hungry children with bloated stomachs"
   "he had a grossly distended stomach"
   "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"
   "swollen hands"
   "tumescent tissue"
   "puffy tumid flesh"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. That was really a turgid and incoherent presentation.
   那场介绍着实华而不实，语无伦次。
2. The flowers are still crisp and turgid.
   花朵尚处于鲜嫩，饱满状态。
3. They were shocked by the turgid waters of the Thames.
   上涨的泰晤士河水把他们吓了一跳。

经典引文

• The clumsy turgid prose in which he struggles to express himself.

  出自： A. Storr

词汇搭配

• turgid cell 膨胀细胞
• fully turgid 完全膨胀
• turgid plant 膨胀植物

近反义词

【近义词】

• bombastic 夸大的
• pompous 傲慢的
• boring 令人厌烦的
• dull 呆滞的
• hard going 艰难的旅程,进展困难...
• stilted 踩高跷的
• pretentious 自命不凡的
• affected 受影响的
• solemn 庄严的
• self-important 妄自尊大的
• ponderous 笨重的
• stuffy (房间等)不通气的...
• tumid 浮夸的
• tumescent 略为肿大的
• declamatory 演说口吻的
• large 大的
• puffy 浮肿的
• intumescent 膨胀的
• orotund (声音)宏亮的...
• bloated 浮肿的
• swollen 肿大的
• distended 动词distend的过去...
• puffed 疏松的