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mordant

/mawr-dnt/US // ˈmɔr dnt //UK // (ˈmɔːdənt) //

媒染剂,媒质,媒质剂,媒材

Related Words

biting咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,咬牙切齿的,咬咬咬caustic苛责,苛刻的,苛求,苛责的scathing尖刻的,苛责,讽刺性的,严厉的acerbic涩的,涩味,尖刻的,涩sardonic讽刺,讽刺性,讽刺性的,讽刺的sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利cutting切割,切削,切断,削减acid酸,酸液,酸酸的,酸性bitter苦涩,苦涩的,惨痛,惨痛的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是cynical愤世嫉俗,嘲讽的,嘲讽,愤世嫉俗的disparaging诋毁性的,诋毁性,贬低,诋毁disrespectful不尊重人,不尊重,不敬,不尊重他人poignant凄美的,凄婉的,凄惨的,凄美pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头acerb涩,涩的,涩味,涩性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
    • : burning; corrosive.
    • : having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
    • : an adhesive substance for binding gold or silver leaf to a surface.
    • : an acid or other corrosive substance used in etching to eat out the lines, areas, etc.
    • : Music. mordent.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to impregnate or treat with a mordant.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.sarcastic
Synonyms
acerbic涩的,涩味,尖刻的,涩biting咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,咬牙切齿的,咬咬咬caustic苛责,苛刻的,苛求,苛责的sardonic讽刺,讽刺性,讽刺性的,讽刺的scathing尖刻的,苛责,讽刺性的,严厉的acid酸,酸液,酸酸的,酸性bitter苦涩,苦涩的,惨痛,惨痛的cutting切割,切削,切断,削减mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利acerb涩,涩的,涩味,涩性cynical愤世嫉俗,嘲讽的,嘲讽,愤世嫉俗的disparaging诋毁性的,诋毁性,贬低,诋毁disrespectful不尊重人,不尊重,不敬,不尊重他人poignant凄美的,凄婉的,凄惨的,凄美pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头

Examples

  • This is your mordant liquid, which removes finishing chemicals from your fabric and makes the dye adhere better to the cloth.

  • Remove the fabric from the mordant and place it in the dye bath.

  • Yet, it fit so well with the mordant tenor of the game that I felt no compulsion to try to better Curdin’s fate.

  • More than anything else he is cheery—mordant and ironic at times, but undauntedly optimistic.

  • Such seemingly effortless—and mordant—improvisation can be a marvel to behold.

  • Mischievous, more bite than bark in the sense that it was mordant with minimal rhetoric, Heaney was not genteel.

  • "Mordant" is the word I think I want to describe his conversation.

  • I like that the emotional lives of women are tinged with a kind of mordant humor for the most part.

  • In some cases the mordant is added to the dye liquid; in others the material is previously treated with it before being colored.

  • Lime is sometimes used as a mordant but the straws are usually first treated with kolis leaves.

  • The king sent him back the picture, mordant epigrams appeared in the journals, and Reynolds scoffed at him in his Discourses.

  • His mordant reply to the questioning pay-clerk was: "Yes, I am a mason."

  • The first act seemed gay and lively, with a sort of mordant raillery in it with which the audience was unfamiliar.

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