来自拉丁语luror,苍白的，引申词义耸人听闻的，骇人的，后来形容化妆妖冶的，俗艳的。

1. The King had been putting about lurid rumours for months.

国王连续数月都在散布骇人听闻的谣言。

2. The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.

这份报纸对这起凶杀案骇人听闻的细节描述得淋漓尽致。

3. She gave us a lurid description of the birth.

关于分娩,她向我们做了令人毛骨悚然的描述.

4. She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange.

她精心地把脚指甲涂成妖艳的红色或橙色。

5. Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations.

一些报道含有对死状和肢解的令人毛骨悚然的描述。