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florid

/flawr-id, flor-/US // ˈflɔr ɪd, ˈflɒr- //UK // (ˈflɒrɪd) //

花卉,花色,花卉类,花色的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
    • : flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing.
    • : Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.very elaborate

Examples

  • There are Halo novels, miniseries, and reams of florid fan-fiction.

  • The florid brushwork of a Constable gets hypertrophied in Freud, into a kind of gross exaggeration of what unleashed paint can do.

  • Show business, of course, provides florid conditions for contempt.

  • He lacks the magisterial tone of Colm Tóibín or the florid and fertile imagination of Patrick McCabe.

  • The village organist had distinguished himself by his florid rendering of the Wedding March.

  • On one occasion, a general titter arose at his florid picture of the happiness which must proceed from this event.

  • Once he learnt, with his aunt, the exceedingly florid duet in Semiramide, and sang the soprano part admirably.

  • Darker grew his florid countenance; his bulging eyes looked troubled and perplexed.

  • The last had a very brilliant career as an orator, though his orations were too florid to be read.