英语词汇“turbid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If a liquid is dark and murky and you can't see through it, it's turbid. It’s usually used as a criticism — a turbid river is generally a polluted one, but then again a good pint of real ale should be turbid. Go figure.

Turbid comes from the Latin word turbidus, which means "muddy, full of confusion." Although it’s usually used to describe liquid, like that turbid creek your rain boot disappeared in, it can also be used to describe writing that’s unclear. If your teacher says your essay for English is turbid, it’s time to go back to work! Outlines and thesis statements can help clear up turbid prose.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

turbid / turgid

Pop quiz time! Choose the correct word in each sentence:

The rivers become so turbid/turgid that they turn a chocolate brown color.

If the writing is turbid/turgid, the story and its characters will not be clearly seen.

I just took my shoes off at midnight and found that I have little, turbid/turgid toes!

Leo's turbid/turgid, overblown prose won over his professor in the end.

In the first sentence, the rivers are so muddy, so opaque, that they are brown (makes you favor the environmentalists, doesn't it?). Turbid is the right choice here. It can refer to something thick with suspended matter, as with the rivers.

The second sentence refers to writing that is confused or opaque. Again, the correct word is turbid. The rivers in the first sentence were so muddy that you couldn't see to the bottom. The writing referred to in the second sentence also prevents you from seeing to the bottom.

Confused or opaque toes don't seem to work in the third sentence, so the answer must be turgid. Turgid means swollen or bombastic. One imagines the speaker of the third sentence taking her oh-so-fashionable shoes off after a long evening out and finding that her toes have become little sausages, thus the appropriateness of turgid.

You've probably figured out by now that the fourth sentence requires turgid as well. The prose in that sentence is a different type of swollen, one hinted at with overblown. Here, the writing isn't unclear but bombastic, pompous, full of itself, which describes a lot of academic writing.

To recap:

turbid: muddy, opaque
turgid: swollen, bombastic

WORD FAMILY

turbid: turbidity, turbidly, turbidness

USAGE EXAMPLES

His team used a side-scan sonar, which images the ocean floor, to peer through the turbid waters.

Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016)

An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive.

Seattle Times(Nov 03, 2016)

In rushing water full of debris, we all took baby steps looking for solid footing as the rain forest suddenly turned into a turbid lake.

New York Times(Jul 25, 2016)

adj (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

Syn

cloudy, mirky, muddy, murky
opaque

not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

单词	turbid
释义	turbid (once / 3753 pages) adj If a liquid is dark and murky and you can't see through it, it's turbid. It’s usually used as a criticism — a turbid river is generally a polluted one, but then again a good pint of real ale should be turbid. Go figure. Turbid comes from the Latin word turbidus, which means "muddy, full of confusion." Although it’s usually used to describe liquid, like that turbid creek your rain boot disappeared in, it can also be used to describe writing that’s unclear. If your teacher says your essay for English is turbid, it’s time to go back to work! Outlines and thesis statements can help clear up turbid prose. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS turbid / turgid Pop quiz time! Choose the correct word in each sentence: The rivers become so turbid/turgid that they turn a chocolate brown color. If the writing is turbid/turgid, the story and its characters will not be clearly seen. I just took my shoes off at midnight and found that I have little, turbid/turgid toes! Leo's turbid/turgid, overblown prose won over his professor in the end. In the first sentence, the rivers are so muddy, so opaque, that they are brown (makes you favor the environmentalists, doesn't it?). Turbid is the right choice here. It can refer to something thick with suspended matter, as with the rivers. The second sentence refers to writing that is confused or opaque. Again, the correct word is turbid. The rivers in the first sentence were so muddy that you couldn't see to the bottom. The writing referred to in the second sentence also prevents you from seeing to the bottom. Confused or opaque toes don't seem to work in the third sentence, so the answer must be turgid. Turgid means swollen or bombastic. One imagines the speaker of the third sentence taking her oh-so-fashionable shoes off after a long evening out and finding that her toes have become little sausages, thus the appropriateness of turgid. You've probably figured out by now that the fourth sentence requires turgid as well. The prose in that sentence is a different type of swollen, one hinted at with overblown. Here, the writing isn't unclear but bombastic, pompous, full of itself, which describes a lot of academic writing. To recap: turbid: muddy, opaque turgid: swollen, bombastic WORD FAMILY turbid: turbidity, turbidly, turbidness USAGE EXAMPLES His team used a side-scan sonar, which images the ocean floor, to peer through the turbid waters. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) An equally large amount of aquatic plants died when turbid waters blocked out the sunlight needed to survive. Seattle Times(Nov 03, 2016) In rushing water full of debris, we all took baby steps looking for solid footing as the rain forest suddenly turned into a turbid lake. New York Times(Jul 25, 2016) adj (of liquids) clouded as with sediment Syn cloudy, mirky, muddy, murky opaque not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
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