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

• A colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc.
  一种无色水溶性粉末，用作媒染剂，用于保存食物和电解淀积锌。
• The color fastness tests showed that REE mordant dyeing could improve the dyeing results of the above fabrics with RRR dye.
  通过对染色牢度的测试得出稀土媒染能增加大黄用于改性纤维素纤维织物的固色效果。
• 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？
• 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。
• She mainly wrote male characters in her novels, which featured the mordant irony of her gaze on Australian society by the portrayal of social outsiders and misfits.
  她的作品多以男性为主人公，通过描写社会中的局外人或小人物，对她所目睹的澳大利亚社会进行尖锐的讽刺。
• Influence of technological condition on the solubility of acid mordant dyes
  工艺条件对酸性媒介染料溶解度影响的研究
• To treat with a mordant.
  以其腐蚀性来处理。
• A US Marine Corps junior officer told me recently of the latest mordant joke in Afghanistan: The Americans have the watches, but we have the time.
  美国海军陆战队的一位下级军官最近告诉我一个阿富汗最新的尖酸笑话：美国人有手表，但我们有时间。
• His political opponents feared his mordant wit.
  他的政治对手害怕他尖酸机智的话。
• Useage: Chemical reagent, catalyst, drier, mordant agent, etc.
  用途：试剂、催化剂、催干剂、媒染剂等。