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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Preparation and Study on Adsorption Properties for Acid Mordant Black PV of Quaternized Chitosan Microbead
  季铵化壳聚糖微球的制备及其对酸性媒介黑PV的吸附性能研究
• 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。