Murky



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 黑暗的; 朦胧的
• ［英］ adj. 黑暗的 ( dark, gloomy) ; 朦胧的 ( vague)
• ［类］ 反义词: lucid ( 明晰的) ; limpid ( 清澈的) ; pellucid ( 透明的) ;clear ( 清晰的)
• ［记］ 来自murk ( 黑暗) , murk ( 可看作mur墙)
• ［例］ a murky prison / a murky sky

Webster Collegiate

adjective (murkier; -est)

• Date: 14th century
• 1. characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
• 2. characterized by thickness and heaviness of air ; foggy, misty
• 3. darkly vague or obscure <murky official rhetoric>
• ? murkily adverb
• ? murkiness noun

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