1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](暴力、性爱等)耸人听闻的,触目惊心的,骇人的 If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail. (暴力、性爱等)耸人听闻的,触目惊心的,骇人的 [disapproval]
...lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits.
有关克莱尔的性生活史露骨的描述
Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations.
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]妖冶的;俗丽的;浓艳的 If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured. 妖冶的;俗丽的;浓艳的 [disapproval]
She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange.