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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。