turbid
turbid 英 ['tɜːbɪd] 美 ['tɝbɪd]
adj. 浑浊的；混乱的；雾重的
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- adj. 浑浊的；混乱的；雾重的
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1. A fisherman drags nets of oysters from the turbid river water on a breathless summer day.
一个渔民在喘不过气来的夏天从浑浊的河水里拖上了几网牡蛎。
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2. The area draws scores of workers from neighboring Zimbabwe who pan for traces of the precious metal in turbid waters.
有大量劳工被黄金吸引，由邻国津巴布韦来到这里，在浑浊的水中寻找这种贵金属的蛛丝马迹。
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3. Those were slow, silent, often turbid; flowing over beds of mud into which the incautious wader might sink and vanish unawares.
布莱克莫尔的河流流得缓慢、沉静、常常是浑浊的；它们从积满泥淖的河床上流过去，不明情形而涉水过河的人，稍不注意就会陷进泥淖里。
- turbid (adj.) 1620s, from Latin turbidus "muddy, full of confusion," from turbare "to confuse, bewilder," from turba "turmoil, crowd," probably from Greek tyrbe "turmoil, tumult, disorder," from PIE *(s)twer- (1) "to turn, whirl" (see storm (n.)). Related: Turbidly; turbidness.
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