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

• 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。
• Red woollen were of mordant dye or repetitious dye. And green woollen were chromatically dyed by blue and yellow color.
  红色毛织品采用了媒染、复染工艺，绿色毛织品由蓝色与黄色套染而成。
• 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。
• To treat with a mordant.
  以其腐蚀性来处理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。