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tumid

🇬🇧 UK/'tju:mid/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

adj.

Swollen or enlarged; (of language or style) pompous and bombastic.

肿胀的;(文风)浮夸的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
tumswell, be swollen, be proud
+
idhaving the quality of
=tumid

Common Collocations

  • 1.tumid prose浮夸的散文
  • 2.tumid style浮夸的文风
  • 3.[tumid rhetoric]夸张的言辞
  • 4.tumid flesh肿胀的肌肤

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The patient's tumid ankle indicated a possible fracture beneath the skin.

  • 2.

    Critics dismissed the politician's speech as tumid rhetoric full of empty promises.

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