turbid
pronunciation
How to pronounce turbid in British English:
UK [ˈtɜːbɪd]
How to pronounce turbid in American English:
US [ˈtɜːrbɪd]
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- Adjective:
- (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment
Word Origin
- turbid
- turbid: see trouble
- 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.
Example
- 1. One day , our air is no longer turbid ;
- 2. If there were a world that 's unbelievably turbid .
- 3. A fisherman drags nets of oysters from the turbid river water on a breathless summer day .
- 4. Turbid and dirty by shen xi , who alone stagnation of their language !
- 5. The processing technology for turbid litchi juice .