Livid



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 青灰色的 ( 撞伤) ; ( 脸色) 苍白的
• ［英］ adj. 青灰色的 ( 撞伤) ; ( 脸色) 苍白的 ( white; pale)
• ［例］ a face livid with cold

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: French livide, from Latin lividus, from livēre to be blue; akin to Welsh lliw color and probably to Russian sliva plum
• Date: 1622
• 1. discolored by bruising ; black-and-blue <the livid traces of the sharp scourges — Abraham Cowley>
• 2. ashen, pallid <this cross, thy livid face, thy pierced hands and feet — Walt Whitman>
• 3. reddish <a fan of gladiolas blushed livid under the electric letters — Truman Capote>
• 4. very angry ; enraged <was livid at his son's disobedience>
• ? lividity noun
• ? lividness noun

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