lurid
adj. 可怕的; 血红的; 苍白的
If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.
...lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits...
有关克莱尔的性生活史露骨的描述
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。
If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured.
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. horrible in fierceness or savagery;
2. glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
3. shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke;
4. ghastly pale;
The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.
这份报纸对这起凶杀案耸人听闻的细节描写得淋漓尽致.
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.
His revelations of financial corruption were lurid and highly exaggerated.
他对金融界腐化的揭发是过份渲染和高度夸张的.
She gave us a lurid description of the birth.
关于分娩,她向我们做了令人毛骨悚然的描述.
Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminescence.
月光使这座雕塑发出苍白的光亮.