mordant

英 [ˈmɔːdnt]

美 [ˈmɔːrdnt]

adj.  尖刻而又风趣的; 讽刺幽默的
vt.  媒染; 用媒染剂处理

复数：mordants　

GRE

BNC.38626 / COCA.32569

牛津词典

adj.

• 尖刻而又风趣的；讽刺幽默的
  critical and unkind, but funny
  1. His mordant wit appealed to students.
     他那尖刻的妙语受到学生的欢迎。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 尖刻的;刻薄的;尖锐讥讽的
  Mordanthumour is very critical and often mocks someone or something.
  1. A wicked, mordant sense of humour has come to the fore in Blur's world.
     布勒的世界里已出现了一种恶意、刻薄的幽默感。

英英释义

noun

• a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing

adj

• of a substance, especially a strong acid
  Synonym:causticcorrosiveerosivevitriolic
• harshly ironic or sinister
  1. black humor
  2. a grim joke
  3. grim laughter
  4. fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
  Synonym:blackgrim

双语例句

• Study on the decolorization of acidic mordant black T with sponge iron
  海绵铁对酸性媒介黑T废水脱色的研究
• Will the chemical compositions of mordant cause the environmental pollution?
  媒染剂的化学成份会不会造成环境污染？
• Useage: Analysis of reagent and mordant, etc.
  用途：分析试剂和媒染剂等。
• Red woollen were of mordant dye or repetitious dye. And green woollen were chromatically dyed by blue and yellow color.
  红色毛织品采用了媒染、复染工艺，绿色毛织品由蓝色与黄色套染而成。
• The narrators have a mordant contempt for everyone and everything, including themselves.
  叙述者们都尖酸刻薄地蔑视一切人和事，包括他们自己。
• A red-orange salt used as a mordant.
  一种桔红色的盐，用作媒染剂。
• Useage: Mordant agent, widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
  用途：媒染剂、革柔剂，广泛用于制药等行业。
• Most audiences would likely describe the film as a mordant black comedy with hard-to-believe scenes and hysterical characters.
  很多观众都将这部电影形容成一部充满讽刺意味的黑色喜剧，因为其中不仅有难以置信的场景，还有歇斯底里的人物。
• I am a discourse mordant woman, I used to give a person leave no room for negotiation.
  我是一个话语尖酸刻薄的女子，我习惯了给人不留余地。
• A poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine.
  一种有毒无色的盐，用作媒染剂，亦用于制药。