turgid

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
turgidly：夸張地；腫脹地。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
turgor：（細(xì)胞組織的）腫脹，膨脹；浮夸，夸張。
turgidity：腫脹；浮腫；虛夸。
turgidness：腫脹；炫耀。

Many of Stone’s weekly scoops came from his close reading of turgid government documents.
許多斯通的每周獨(dú)家新聞都是從他深入閱讀言辭浮夸的政府文件中獲得的。
They are, to be sure, a peculiarly boring breed of romantic, speaking in turgid prose rather than poetry.
當(dāng)然，他們是一類特別乏味的浪漫主義者，念的全是華而不實(shí)的散文，卻沒(méi)有詩(shī)章。
The fifth – and longest – book on which the film is based plays a crucial but faintly turgid role in the saga.
電影改編自哈利波特系列第五部，也是至今為止改編過(guò)的最長(zhǎng)的一部，原著里的角色在歷險(xiǎn)中顯得至關(guān)重要卻略有浮夸。

Well, for the answer to that we have to go back to ancient Greek music theory, and when you read about this--it's really turgid stuff-- but believe it or not, I teach a course on this at the graduate level.
這個(gè),要回答那個(gè)問(wèn)題,恐怕要追溯到古希臘的音樂(lè)理論,每次讀這些都會(huì)云山霧罩的,不管你信不信,我曾在研究生中開(kāi)過(guò)這個(gè)課程
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His focused glare was turgid with meaning — elemental, undisclosed, sealed within his nature.
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Mr Greider, who journeyed far and wide, shares every tiresome detail in 528 turgid pages.
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His self-published 2005 novel, a turgid English-language romance spiced with commentary on Thailand, sold fewer than ten copies.
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(TOO SERIOUS) (of speech, writing, style, etc.) too serious about its subject matter; boring
(NOT FLOWING) (of water) not flowing easily
(SWOLLEN) (of an organ or living tissue) swollen

If you describe something such as a piece of writing or a movie as turgid, you think it is too serious and difficult to understand.