1.words and expressions
Also resist straining for the luminous lyrical phrase to describe the wondrous waterfall.
奇异的;美妙的;令人惊叹的 If you describe something as wonderous, you mean it is strange and beautiful or impressive.
We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.
我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。
It's about a lurid crime that occurred in the San Bernardino Valley of California.
1. too brightly colored 色彩过于鲜艳的;2. 可怕的 a description, story etc that is lurid is deliberately shocking and involving sex or violence
He told me in lurid detail what would happen to me.
a lurid orange dress
New sights touch off thoughts that otherwise wouldn’t have entered the writer’s mind.
引发;触发;引起 If something touches off a situation or series of events, it causes it to start happening.
Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
大屠杀有可能触发新一轮的暴行吗?