turbid

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)
    — turbid water
  2. Smoky or misty.
    — Towards the last I increased the heat, and by that means produced a very turbid air, of which I collected a prodigious quantity.
  3. Unclear; confused; obscure.
    — Motion, to take a good example, is originally a turbid sensation, of which the native shape is perhaps best preserved in the phenomenon of vertigo.

词形变化

more turbid comparative most turbid superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
Latin turba
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin turbidusbor.
Middle English turbide
English turbid
From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).
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