与“turbid（浑浊的）”一起记忆。两个词拼写接近，可以联想：河水因‘肿胀’（turgid with water）而泛滥，导致水质变得‘浑浊’（turbid）。
例句
The river was turgid after the heavy rains, and his writing style was equally turgid, full of pompous and unnecessary words. （大雨过后河水变得汹涌浑浊，而他的写作风格也同样浮夸冗长，充满了华而不实的词藻。）