lu·rid /ˈlʊrəd/
  (a.)火燒似的,蒼白的,華麗而庸俗的,可怕的
  Lu·rid a.
  1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
     Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame.   --Thomson.
  Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke
  On the misty river tide.   --Tennyson.
  2. Bot. Having a brown color tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
  3. Zool. Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
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  lurid
       adj 1: horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid
              life"
       2: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
          "lurid details of the accident" [syn: shocking]
       3: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through
          smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
       4: ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"