adj. 可怕的，耸人听闻的；火烧似的；苍白的；血红的；华丽而庸俗的
词根：lurid
adv.
luridly 色彩斑斓地；骇人听闻地；大肆渲染地
1.He is watching TV, the screen casting its lurid blue light across his face.
他在看电视，银屏红蓝色的的光投在他的脸上。
2.Murals at the airport provide lurid detail to these claims.
该机场的壁画详细地描述了这些可怕的传言。
3.At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement.
起先，那只是闪现在石板路上的灰黄色的星星之火。
4.It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passageway of the interior.
那些在她身后窥视的人低声说，那红字在屋内漆黑的过道上投下了一道血红的闪光。
5.His doomed marriage with a young actress, Robin Givens, made fodder for headlines and ended amid lurid tales of domestic violence.
他与年轻演员RobinGivens劫运般的婚姻为报纸标题提供了无穷无尽的素材，并最终在家庭暴力的骇人故事中终结。
6.But it is also a commentary on the lurid appeal of shopping malls, which were then multiplying quickly.
但它也是对购物商城可怕的吸引力的实况报道，此后购物商城迅速在各地涌现。
7."Yea, woman, thou sayest truly!" cried old Roger Chillingworth, letting the lurid fire of his heart blaze out before her eyes.
“是啊，妇人，你算说对了！”老罗杰·齐灵渥斯叫着，内心的火焰在她眼前烧得一片血红。