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"