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mor·da·cious
mor deI shs
mordaciously (adv.), mordacity (n.)
词根:mordant
adj.mordant 有腐蚀性的;尖酸的;辛辣的
n.mordant [助剂] 媒染剂;金属腐蚀剂;金属箔粘着剂
mordacity 辛辣(言词等的);讽刺(言词等的)
vt.mordant 媒染;用媒染剂处理
Adjective
1. capable of wounding;
"a barbed compliment"
"a biting aphorism"
"pungent satire"
2. biting or given to biting;
"they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"
"喜欢咬人",这个词源自1640年代(最初是比喻性的,用于描述言辞、演讲等),来自拉丁语 mordac-, mordax 的词干意为"咬人",源自 mordēre "咬",这可能来自 PIE 词根 *mer- 的扩展形式,意为"擦掉,伤害"。中世纪英语中有 mordicant(形容词)"腐蚀性的,腐蚀性的"(在医学中),大约在15世纪初,还有 mordicative。相关词: Mordacity(大约在1600年)。
Latin mordac-, mordax biting, given to biting (from mordēre to bite) + English -ious
1 They deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount.
他们故意给我一匹脾气暴躁而且还咬人的马。
2 Warton contents himself with what he calls “a sensible criticism,” taken from Harrison, a Protestant minister, and one of the partners of Holinshed’s Chronicle; it is as mordacious as a periodical criticism.
3 Hard, mordacious, no man's friend … that was the David Drennen who at P�re Marquette's f�te sought any quarrel to which he might lay his hands.
4 Unable longer to endure the lash of his mordacious wit, Shaynon turned and left them alone on the balcony.
5 They deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount.
他们故意给我一匹脾气暴躁而且还咬人的马.
1 尖酸刻薄
acidulent acid nipping vinegarish stinging acerbity cutting sour tart poignant pungent scorching vitriolic vinegar
2 刻薄
mean quick sharp cutting brisk sarcastic caustic scathing shrewish vinegarish sarky sharp-fanged mordacity vinegar sting acrimony mordancy
5 尖刻
acid salt severe sharp cutting edgy pungent scathing astringent shrill edged peppery scorching toothy acrimonious vitriolic acerbic piquant sharp-edged snippy gingery scalding sulfurous truculent waspish acerb roundly severity acrimony pungency acerbity verjuice mordancy acidulate
6 挖苦的
7 爱咬人的
8 尖酸刻薄的
acidulent acid nipping vinegarish stinging cutting sour tart poignant pungent scorching vitriolic
12 尖刻的
snippy acid acidic tart biting barbed pungent caustic astringent snarky shrill scorching acrimonious mordant scalding waspish salt severe sharp cutting edgy scathing edged peppery toothy vitriolic acerbic piquant sharp-edged gingery sulfurous truculent acerb