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

• Useage: Analysis of reagent and mordant, etc.
  用途：分析试剂和媒染剂等。
• 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。
• His political opponents feared his mordant tongue, and even more his mordant pen.
  他的政治对手害怕他尖酸刻薄的口才，更怕他讽刺的文章。
• 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。
• Useage: Chemical reagent, catalyst, drier, mordant agent, etc.
  用途：试剂、催化剂、催干剂、媒染剂等。
• 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。
• Preparation and Study on Adsorption Properties for Acid Mordant Black PV of Quaternized Chitosan Microbead
  季铵化壳聚糖微球的制备及其对酸性媒介黑PV的吸附性能研究
• Useage: It is used to make lithopone, used as mordant agent, astringent, wood preservatives, etc.
  用途：用于治立德粉，并用作媒染剂、收敛剂、木材防腐剂等。
• 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。
• With mordant humour the archaeologist Amanda Goldberg tries to discover the secret of an ancient pyramid where all the persons in its surroundings rejuvenate mysteriously.
  藉由尖酸的幽默考古学家阿曼达犹太人试着发现它的环境所有的人神秘地年轻的远古金字塔的秘密。