turgid
turgid — 形容詞
- turgidpositive
- more turgidcomparative
- most turgidsuperlative
1. describes speech or writing that is so full of long, complicated words and forma
浮誇；矯飾
文風冗長華麗、令人厭煩
describes speech or writing that is so full of long, complicated words and formal expressions that it becomes dull and hard to follow.
The professor's turgid lecture on philosophy put half the students to sleep before the first hour was over.
那位教授的哲學講座內容浮誇，不到第一小時結束就讓一半的學生睡著了。
collocation: turgid lecture
Amelia found the novel's turgid prose impossible to finish, even though the plot was fairly simple.
Amelia 覺得那本小說的文筆太過矯飾，儘管情節相當簡單，她還是讀不完。
collocation: turgid prose
The CEO gave a turgid speech filled with so much jargon that nobody understood the real plan.
執行長發表了一篇浮誇的演說，裡面充滿術語，沒有人聽懂真正的計畫。
collocation: turgid speech
Minh tried to rewrite his academic essay after the editor called it too turgid for a general audience.
Minh 試著重寫他的學術論文，因為編輯說這篇文章對一般讀者來說太浮誇了。
What could have been a lively debate turned into a turgid exchange of prepared statements.
原本可能是場精彩的辯論，最後變成了一段矯飾而空洞的聲明交換。
adjective describing a noun: turgid exchange
- turgid prose
- turgid writing
- turgid style
- turgid lecture
- turgid speech
- pompous
emphasises self-importance more than boredom
- bombastic
stronger disapproval; suggests loud, inflated language
- grandiloquent
more literary; suggests deliberately fancy vocabulary
文法句型
turgid + noun (prose, writing, speech, style)
用法筆記
This sense is the most common use of 'turgid' in everyday reading. It almost always describes language — a book, speech, article, or style of expression. The closest everyday synonym is 'pompous', but 'turgid' adds the idea that the result is also boring.
常見錯誤
2. describes a body of water that moves very slowly or not at all, often because it
滯流；不流
水流緩慢或靜止、帶有泥沙
describes a body of water that moves very slowly or not at all, often because it is thick with mud, algae, or other sediment.
After weeks without rain, the river became turgid and sluggish, choked with algae and mud.
連續幾週沒有下雨之後，河水變得滯流緩慢，滿是藻類和淤泥。
collocation: turgid and sluggish
Tendai stared at the turgid canal water, which barely moved beneath a thick layer of green scum.
Tendai 望著那條滯流的運河，水面覆蓋著厚厚一層綠色浮垢，幾乎看不出在流動。
The drought left behind only a few turgid pools of brown water along the riverbed.
乾旱過後，河床上只剩下幾灘混濁不流的棕色積水。
collocation: turgid pools of water
The turgid stream was so thick with mud that even the cows refused to drink from it.
那條溪流淤積了厚厚一層泥沙，連牛都不肯喝裡面的水。
- turgid river
- turgid water
- turgid stream
- turgid canal
文法句型
turgid + noun (river, stream, water)
用法筆記
This is a rare, literary sense. You are most likely to encounter it in nature writing, travel literature, or older fiction. In everyday speech, use 'stagnant' or 'sluggish' instead.
常見錯誤
3. describes a part of the body that is swollen and feels tight, usually because fl
腫脹；鼓脹
身體組織因液體或氣體而腫大
describes a part of the body that is swollen and feels tight, usually because fluid or gas has built up inside it.
After the bee sting, Ezra's forearm became turgid and painful to the touch.
被蜜蜂螫到之後，Ezra 的前臂變得腫脹而且一碰就痛。
collocation: turgid and painful
The doctor examined the patient's turgid ankle and noted that fluid had collected around the joint.
醫生檢查了病人腫脹的腳踝，注意到關節周圍積了液體。
collocation: turgid ankle
Reema's turgid lymph nodes concerned the nurse, who ordered a blood test the next morning.
Reema 腫脹的淋巴結讓護理師擔心了起來，她安排隔天早上抽血檢查。
collocation: turgid lymph nodes
The surgeon found that the patient's appendix was turgid and inflamed, requiring immediate removal.
外科醫師發現病人的闌尾腫脹發炎，必須立刻切除。
- turgid organ
- turgid tissue
- turgid limb
- turgid lymph nodes
- turgid abdomen
文法句型
turgid + noun (organ, tissue, limb)
用法筆記
This sense is primarily medical. It describes abnormal swelling caused by infection, injury, or fluid retention. In botany, 'turgid' can also describe plant cells that are firm because they have taken in water — but this is a separate, technical meaning not covered here.
常見錯誤
同根字
- turgidity名詞C2
- turgidly副詞C2
- turgidness名詞C2