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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Influence of technological condition on the solubility of acid mordant dyes
  工艺条件对酸性媒介染料溶解度影响的研究
• A red-orange salt used as a mordant.
  一种桔红色的盐，用作媒染剂。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。