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: Chemical reagent, catalyst, drier, mordant agent, etc.
  用途：试剂、催化剂、催干剂、媒染剂等。
• 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。
• 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
• The experiment of wool fabrics dyed with sorghum red natural dye by mordant dyeing was performed in this paper.
  文章采用高粱红天然染料对羊毛织物进行了媒染染色实验研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• His political opponents feared his mordant wit.
  他的政治对手害怕他尖酸机智的话。
• As a dye, violet cabbage pigment was used in mulberry silk fabric dyeing experiments by direct and mordant methods.
  以紫甘蓝色素为染料，用直接法、媒染法对蚕丝纤维进行了染色试验。
• Actors feared the critic's mordant pen.
  演员都惧怕这位批评家辛辣尖刻的笔调。
• Useag: It is used as mordant of knitwear and leather, to treat schistosomiasis in medicine, but also can be used for the electroplating industry.
  用途：针织品及皮革的媒染剂，医药上治血吸虫病，也可用于电镀业。