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 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。
• Actors feared the critic's mordant pen.
  演员都惧怕这位批评家辛辣尖刻的笔调。
• 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。
• To treat with a mordant.
  以其腐蚀性来处理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The usage is slightly mordant: many have asked why a family that controls just 2 per cent of Toyota's shares should be able to install its scion as chief executive.
  这种叫法有一点讽刺意味：许多人质疑，为何一个仅掌控丰田2%股权的家族，可以将它的子孙安置在首席执行官的位置上。