1. （暴力、性愛(ài)等）聳人聽(tīng)聞的，觸目驚心的，駭人的 If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.
e.g. ...lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits... 有關(guān)克萊爾的性生活史露骨的描述 e.g. Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations. 一些報道含有對死狀和肢解的令人毛骨悚然的描述。
luridly His cousin was soon cursing luridly. 他的表弟立刻用極其難聽(tīng)的臟話(huà)大罵起來(lái)。
2. 妖冶的；俗麗的；濃艷的 If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured.
e.g. She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange. 她精心地把腳指甲涂成妖艷的紅色或橙色。
luridly It had a high ceiling and a luridly coloured square of carpet on the floor. 房間天花板很高，地上鋪著(zhù)一塊顏色俗麗的方毯。
lurid英英釋義
adj
1. shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
e.g. a lurid sunset lurid flames
2. ghastly pale
e.g. moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence
3. glaringly vivid and graphic marked by sensationalism