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"