turgid

a. 肿的, 浮夸的 [医] 充满的, 胀满的

发音

UK /ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd/
US /ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd/
US

词形变化

more turgid 比较级 most turgid 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

    I have a turgid limb.

  2. 2.

    Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.

  3. 3.

    Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

large swollen bloated puffy distended tumid bombastic declamatory intumescent orotund

近义相关 2

unhealthy rhetorical

词源

Etymology tree Latin turgeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin turgidusbor. English turgid From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).

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