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turbid

/tur-bid/US // ˈtɜr bɪd //UK // (ˈtɜːbɪd) //

浑浊的,浑浊,混浊的,混浊

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured: the turbid waters near the waterfall.
    • : thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.
    • : confused; muddled; disturbed.

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Examples

  • It’s a terrific and slightly odd moment, one that briefly jolts this mostly turbid film to life.

  • For those living an aquatic life, small eyes might be related to the fact that they live in turbid water.

  • Pettay recently analyzed its genome, and concluded that the alga is descended from a zooxanthellae native to a hot, shallow, often turbid region of the Indo-Pacific Ocean near Thailand.

  • The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.

  • His expletives were varied, vivid and inexhaustible, and the turbid stream was easily set flowing.

  • In all but the smaller lakelets these turbid waters lay down all their sediment before they attain the outlet of the basin.

  • The alcoholic solution of the tar became turbid on diluting with water.

  • Its waters were red and turbid; its banks well timbered, with a rich, prolific soil.