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 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。
• Black humor; a grim joke; grim laughter; fun ranging from slapstick clowning* to savage mordant wit.
  黑色幽默；讽刺性的笑话；粗鲁的滑稽闹剧和刻薄的讽刺带来的欢乐。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。