mordant
[ˈmɔ:rdnt]
adj.
（指讽刺等）刻薄的;
尖锐的;
刺痛的;
腐蚀的;
n.
媒染剂，酸洗剂;
vt.
媒染，用媒染剂处理;
例句:
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His mordant wit appealed to students.
他那尖刻的妙语受到学生的欢迎。
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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。
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A modent mordant helps fix the dye to the material.
媒染剂有助于将染料附着于材料.
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His wit had always been sharp, but now became mordant.
来自O. Sacks
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The poems themselves are a mixture of mordant humour and social criticism.
来自BBC
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By turns mordant, melancholy and manic, Lila Downs is utterly Mexican.
来自BBC