florid
/ˈflɒrɪd/adjective
1
- having a red or flushed complexion(面色)红润的, 血色好的, 脸发红的:
a stout man with a florid face.
面色红润的壮汉。
2
- elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated复杂精细的, 过于复杂的:
florid operatic-style music was out.
过于复杂的歌剧风格音乐过时了。
2.1
- (of language) using unusual words or complicated rhetorical constructions(语言)华丽的, 过分修饰的:
the florid prose of the nineteenth century.
19世纪词藻华丽的散文。
3
- Medicine (of a disease or its manifestations) occurring in a fully developed form【医】(疾病, 症状)充分显现的, 显示全部典型症状的:
florid symptoms of psychiatric disorder.
充分显现的精神紊乱症状。
派生词
floridity
nounfloridly
adverbfloridness
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin floridus, from flos, flor- 'flower'.