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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Actors feared the critic's mordant pen.
  演员都惧怕这位批评家辛辣尖刻的笔调。
• Useage: Analysis of reagent and mordant, etc.
  用途：分析试剂和媒染剂等。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not every pigment can by dyeing on the fiber easily, fiber and combination of the pigment often need making use of and helping the help of media, this kind of intermediary is called mordant.
  并不是所有的色素都可以轻易地染着在纤维上，纤维与色素的结合往往需要藉助于媒介的帮助，这种媒介物称为媒染剂。