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turgidadjective(TOO SERIOUS)formal(ofspeech, writing,style, etc.)boringand tooseriousaboutitssubjectmatter: acoupleofpagesof turgidprose几页枯燥乏味的散文 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesnot interesting or exciting - boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
- excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
- deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!
- mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesTedious and uninspiring - anonymous
- banal
- basic
- be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
- bland
- lifelessness
- marginal
- marmoreal
- meh
- menial
- slow
- soul-destroying
- soulless
- spinach
- staid
- stale
- stuffy
- tame
- well worn
- worthy
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: turgidadjective(NOT FLOWING)formal(ofwater) notflowingeasily: （水）流动不畅的，不易流动的 Theriverrolleddarklybrownand turgid.河水流动不畅，翻着浊黄的浪花。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMovement of liquids - backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leakage
- ripple
- run a bathphrase
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- spit
- swill
- swirl
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
See more results » turgidadjective(SWOLLEN)medicalspecialized(of anorganorlivingtissue)swollenorfirm, usually because of beingfullofliquid SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSwellings & lumps - acoustic neuroma
- adenoma hyperplastic nodules
- angioma
- angrily
- anti-tumour
- excrescence
- fibroid
- granuloma
- haematoma
- inflame
- inflammatory
- leiomyoma
- lump
- protuberance
- puffy
- swelling
- swollen
- tumescent
- turgidity
- wen
See more results » turgidadjective(TOO SERIOUS)formal(ofspeech, writing,style, etc.) tooseriousaboutitssubjectmatter;boring （讲话、写作、风格等）太严肃的，枯燥乏味的acoupleofpagesof turgidprose几页枯燥乏味的散文 turgidadjective(NOT FLOWING)formal(ofwater) notflowingeasily （水）流动不畅的，不易流动的Theriverrolleddarklybrownand turgid.河水流动不畅，翻着浊黄的浪花。 turgidadjective(SWOLLEN)medicalspecialized(of anorganorlivingtissue)swollen （器官或生物组织）肿大的，肿胀的，膨胀的 turgid| American Dictionaryturgidadjective(TOO SERIOUS)(ofspeechor writing) tooseriousand veryboring: Examplesofturgidturgid All cells lookturgid, and organelles, including the nuclei, are clearly visible.From theCambridge English Corpus His anecdotes lighten the tone of what might be considered moreturgidinformation on rail and road construction, flight paths, plane types and federal regulation.From theCambridge English Corpus When occupied by a young larva the larval chamber was nearly circular with many layers ofturgidand hypertrophied cells.From theCambridge English Corpus Cells with the giant lipid body aggregates wereturgidand had discernible organelles.From theCambridge English Corpus The starch granules were more angular in the dry kernels than in the imbibed kernels, in which the starch granules were rounder and moreturgid.From theCambridge English Corpus Infected radicles became soft, spongy and brown, compared with healthy radicles, which wereturgidand yellowish-green.From theCambridge English Corpus Cells of both tissue types areturgidand compartmentalized, which is a sign of being alive.From theCambridge English Corpus The outer two or three cell layers (top) have heavily folded walls, while the deeper-lying cells have a normal,turgidappearance.From theCambridge English Corpus Deeper-located cell layers have an intact,turgidappearance, which suggests that the rate of water entrance into the deeper cell layers was moderated.From theCambridge English Corpus Figure 9d shows the boundary between dead and healthy cells, where live,turgidcells with aggregated lipid bodies (up to 15 m) were noticed.From theCambridge English Corpus The book represents many hours spent poring over stolidlyturgidscientific writing searching for distasteful traces of racial self-importance.From theCambridge English Corpus The cells of the embryo areturgidand their nuclei (n) are clearly visible.From theCambridge English Corpus As such over-use of the circumlocutory andturgidsuggests, effort should be directed toward encouraging in individuals a sensitivity to tone.From theCambridge English Corpus It has, however, been ascertained that extensive deaths do not occur in bulbs which are kept out of the ground at this time and so do not becometurgid.From theCambridge English Corpus Here, many of the contributors, trapped inside the straitjackets of their word limits, have opted for a density of factual narrative which, it must be said, is often extremelyturgid.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |