lurid

adj.

1. 俗艳的；花哨的
   too bright in colour, in a way that is not attractive
2. （故意地）骇人听闻的，令人毛骨悚然的
   shocking and violent in a way that is deliberate
   1. lurid headlines
      骇人的标题
   2. The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.
      这份报纸对这起凶杀案骇人听闻的细节描述得淋漓尽致。

1. ADJ-GRADED （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.
   1. ...lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits...
      有关克莱尔的性生活史露骨的描述
   2. 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。
2. ADJ-GRADED 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.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. The King had been putting about lurid rumours for months.
   国王连续数月都在散布骇人听闻的谣言。
4. Cried old Roger Chillingworth, letting the lurid fire of his heart blaze out before her eyes.
   老罗杰齐灵渥斯叫着，内心的火焰在她眼前烧得一片血红。
5. It is a lurid example of the dangers of coercion.
   这个可怕的例子充分体现了高压政治带来的危险。
6. It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passage-way of the interior.
   那些目光随着她身影窥视的人耳语着说，她胸前的红字在中内黑漆漆的通路上投下了一道血红的闪光。
7. Several high-profile official corruption exposes have included lurid details of gambling trips to Macau, fostering suspicions that the casinos are monitored by Chinese secret police.
   一些备受瞩目的官员腐败事件报道包含了其赴澳门赌博的让人大开眼界的细节，助长了人们对中国秘密警察监视赌场的怀疑。
8. A new addition on ABC, How to Get Away With Murder was a fun substitute, a lurid nighttime soap opera about lawbreaking defense lawyers& Law Disorder.
   ABC频道的新剧《逍遥法外》（HowtoGetAwayWithMurder）是一部有趣的替代品，它是一部耸人听闻的夜间肥皂剧，讲述不法辩护律师的故事，简直可以称为法律与无序。
9. Like spilt quicksilver, hoarse growls rolled over the lurid weeds like thunders.
   低沉嘶哑的吼声像散落的水银滚过红色的草。
10. But it is also a commentary on the lurid appeal of shopping malls, which were then multiplying quickly.
    但它也是对购物商城可怕的吸引力的实况报道，此后购物商城迅速在各地涌现。
11. The lurid glow of the blazing warehouse.
    燃烧的仓库上耀眼的火光。
12. But some of the most lurid headlines of the summer have come from the Greek island of Zakynthos.
    但今年夏季最耸人听闻的一些报道来自希腊的zakynthos岛。
13. The papers gave the lurid details of the murder.
    报纸上描述了谋杀案的详情，令人毛骨悚然。
14. She was wearing a lurid orange and green blouse.
    她穿着一件花哨的橙绿相间的衬衫。
15. He'd tell them lurid stories about the war.
    他常告诉他们一些关于战争的骇人听闻的故事。
16. The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces.
    血红一般的夕阳映红了他们的脸。
17. Lurid sky above the burning factory.
    起火的工厂上空火红一片。
18. Did you see this? He asked, pointing to a lurid cartoon.
    “看这个了吗？”他边问，边用手指着一幅俗里俗气的漫画。
19. Eat up lurid testimony They fell to with a good appetite.
    津津有味地听取耸人听闻的证词他们开始津津有味地大吃起来。
20. Mentioning death in polite society is considered morbid unless it's in the context of a lurid murder.
    在彬彬有礼的社交场合，提起死亡被认为是可怕的，除非是在叙述一件耸人听闻的谋杀案。
21. A lurid sunset; lurid flames.
    血红的日落；血红的火焰。
22. They all have such lurid imaginations.
    他们都那么富于可怕的幻想。
23. His revelations of financial corruption were lurid and highly exaggerated, but they had a tremendous impact.
    他对金融界腐化的揭发是过分渲染和高度夸张的，但确曾产生巨大影响。
24. A large, lurid vase stood on the table.
    桌子上有一个耀眼的大花瓶。
25. That was the most lurid personal incident in Lincoln's life.
    在林肯的一生中，这是件最可怕的个人事件。
26. He would never be able to face his social equals, and lurid tales of her would be told at local clubs.
    他不能面对与他同等地位的人，因本地各社团都在传她的耸人听闻的故事。
27. She told me all the lurid details of her affair.
    她告诉我关于她婚外情的所有令人瞠目结舌的详情。
28. His hatred of you burns with a lurid flame-the flame that never dies.
    他对你的仇恨象熊熊燃烧的火焰&永不熄灭的火焰。
29. This book is rather lurid.
    这本书可谓诲淫诲盗。
30. As her illness worsened her skin took on a pallid, greenish, lurid appearance.
    疾病使她的皮肤呈现出一种苍白的、绿色的、可怕的样子。

adj

1. shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
   1. a lurid sunset
   2. lurid flames

2. ghastly pale
   1. moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence

3. glaringly vivid and graphic
   1. lurid details of the accident

   Synonym:    shocking

4. horrible in fierceness or savagery
   1. lurid crimes
   2. a lurid life