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。
• 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。
• A red-orange salt used as a mordant.
  一种桔红色的盐，用作媒染剂。
• 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。
• To treat with a mordant.
  以其腐蚀性来处理。
• Useage: Chemical reagent, catalyst, drier, mordant agent, etc.
  用途：试剂、催化剂、催干剂、媒染剂等。
• 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。
• His political opponents feared his mordant wit.
  他的政治对手害怕他尖酸机智的话。
• 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。
• 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。