Turbid



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 混浊的; 紊乱的
• ［英］ adj. 混浊的 ( thick or opaque with roiled sediment) ; 紊乱的 ( producing obscurity)
• ［类］ 反义词: limpid ( 清澈的)
• ［记］ turb ( 搅动) +id -> 搅混的
• ［同］ 同根词: disturb ( 打扰) ; imperturbable ( 平静的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, turbid, from turba confusion, crowd, probably from Greek tyrbē confusion
• Date: 1626
• 1.
  • a. thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment <a turbid stream>
  • b. heavy with smoke or mist
• 2.
  • a. deficient in clarity or purity ; foul, muddy <turbid depths of degradation and misery — C. I. Glicksberg>
  • b. characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) <an emotionally turbid response>
• ? turbidity noun
• ? turbidly adverb
• ? turbidness noun

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