tumid

• adj. 肿胀的；浮夸的

来自拉丁语 tumere,肿胀，肿大，来自 PIE*teue,肿胀，膨胀，词源同 thigh,tuber.

tumid (adj.)

"morbidly swollen," 1540s, from Latin tumidus "swollen, swelling, rising high," figuratively "swollen with anger or pride," from tumere "to swell," from PIE root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh). Figurative sense in English (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s. Related: Tumidity.

1. My eyelid has been tumid since yesterday.

从昨天起，我的眼皮就肿了。

来自辞典例句

1. ostentatiously lofty in style;

"a man given to large talk"

"tumid political prose"

2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;

"hungry children with bloated stomachs"

"he had a grossly distended stomach"

"eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"

"swollen hands"

"tumescent tissue"

"puffy tumid flesh"

3. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

My eyelid has been tumid since yesterday.

从昨天起，我的眼皮就肿了。

辞典例句