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英:[ˈkɔːstɪk]
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adj.
<化>苛性的
腐蚀性的
尖刻的,刻薄的
[物]焦散的
adv.
刻薄地,挖苦地
n.
焦散线,焦散面
刻薄,讽刺
[化]苛性碱
[医]腐蚀剂
caus·tic
kaw stihk
复数:caustics
比较级:more caustic
最高级:most caustic
caustically (adv.), causticity (n.)
词根:caustic
adv.caustically 挖苦地;腐蚀地;讥讽地
adjective
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
The chemical was so caustic that it ate through the pipe.
marked by incisive sarcasm caustic humor
a caustic film review
relating to or being the surface or curve of a caustic (see caustic entry 2 sense 2)
noun
a caustic agent: such as
a substance that burns or destroys organic tissue by chemical action
a strong corrosive alkali (such as sodium hydroxide)
the envelope of rays emanating from a point and reflected or refracted by a curved surface
caustic soda[化]苛性钠;氢氧化钠
spent caustic废碱液
caustic potash苛性钾
caustic alkali[化]苛性碱
caustic lime生石灰;苛性石灰
caustic solution苛性碱溶液
caustic wash碱洗;氢氧化钠洗
约于1400年,指“能够燃烧或破坏有机组织,腐蚀性的”,源自拉丁语 causticus “燃烧的,腐蚀性的”,源自希腊语 kaustikos “能够燃烧的; 腐蚀性的”,源自 kaustos “易燃的; 烧焦的”,是 kaiein 的动词形容词,该希腊词表示“燃烧”(及物和不及物)在所有时期都是不确定起源,没有确定的希腊语以外的同源词。
“讽刺的,严厉批评”的比喻意义可追溯至1771年。作为名词“腐蚀性物质”,早在15世纪就有了,源自形容词。
腐蚀的:破坏活组织的
有腐蚀味的
苛性药,腐蚀剂cauterant
Adjective and Noun Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein to burn
The first known use of caustic was in the 14th century
cauterizeverb
to burn with a hot iron or a chemical substance usually to destroy infected tissue
cauterize a wound
caustic1 of 2adjective
capable of eating away by chemical action : corrosive
likely to offend or hurt someone's feelings
a caustic remark
caustic2 of 2noun
a caustic substance (as caustic soda)
caustic1 of 2adjective
capable of eating away by chemical action : corrosive
likely to offend or hurt someone's feelings
a caustic remark
caustic2 of 2noun
a caustic substance (as caustic soda)
caustic1 of 2adjective
capable of eating away by chemical action : corrosive
likely to offend or hurt someone's feelings
a caustic remark
caustic2 of 2noun
a caustic substance (as caustic soda)
caustic1 of 2adjective
capable of eating away by chemical action : corrosive
likely to offend or hurt someone's feelings
a caustic remark
caustic2 of 2noun
a caustic substance (as caustic soda)
caustic1 of 2adjective
capable of destroying or eating away organic tissue and especially animal tissue by chemical action
silver nitrate and sulfuric acid are caustic agents
caustic2 of 2noun
a caustic agent: as
a substance that burns or destroys organic tissue by chemical action : escharotic
a strong corrosive alkali (as sodium hydroxide)
1 Joe shrugged, trying to appear nonchalantly caustic instead of scared stiff.
2 Where Ms. Williams is sharp and caustic, Ms. Robinson is goofy and sweet.
3 You begin to wonder if, in his relative old age — Mr. Theroux is 74 — this inimitably caustic novelist and nonfiction writer is mellowing.
4 Listen to his darkly seductive riffs here — caustic minor phrases over Larry Ridley’s single, repeated bass note — and you can easily hear the seeds being planted for Jeff Parker’s brand of beat-driven contemporary jazz.
5 FCC LCO was treated by an solvent containing complexing agent followed with caustic washing in laboratoty.
用溶剂和微量萃取剂组成的复合溶剂对催化裂化柴油络合萃取,再结合碱洗来改善其安定性.
6 Caustic soda is a base which reacts with hydrochloric acid to give water and sodium chloride.
苛性钠是一种碱,它与盐酸起反应生成水和氯化钠。
7 It was a line typical of the style of humour the pair deploy so well - funny but not fawning, clever but not caustic.
8 Yet none of that caused the caustic ire reserved for Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony.”
9 Now the caustic animated satire appears to have reached its limits within the confines of mainstream US television.
10 What does she do in the face of caustic remarks towards others?
11 A caustic lemon-garlic sauce worked to the detriment of chicken wings.
12 She wrote a caustic report about the decisions that led to the crisis.
13 Less simple to remove are the caustic responses to what purists and skeptics see as a clumsy tribute and perhaps a marketing ploy to promote Valmorbida, his collection and his proposed Hambleton experience.
14 People once whitewashed wood for practical reasons, using a caustic solution of lime and salt, because it killed insects and sanitized the wood.
15 Now he turns to the Old Testament with these four popular biblical tales; and, though the results are uneven, the four stories demonstrate Berkoff's directorial range and display his familiar caustic comic scepticism.
16 And despite her caustic manner, she could be extraordinarily sensitive; according to the book, Mengers never fully recovered after Streisand, her most prized client, dropped her as an agent in the early ’80s.
17 From there, he berates bankers, imperialists, third-world dictators and the clergy, and provides a caustic history of black slavery on Maangamizi.
18 Then I take the caustic soda and boiling water.
然后我加入氢氧化钠使水沸腾。
19 I get the olives and put some caustic and the liquid plasma CO2 on it and then I wash it 3 or 4 times.
我拿橄榄放一些苛性钠和CO2液体等离子体放在一起,然后我清洗它3到4次。
20 At the Blanton, Harrison contributes a “found” West African statue alongside a car headlight, both vitrified in resin, in a caustic conflation of industry and imperialism.
3 刻薄
hard sharp brisk crabbed shrewish abusive mordacity sharpness gall poignancy asperity acerbity causticity mean quick cutting sarcastic scathing vinegarish sarky sharp-fanged mordacious vinegar sting acrimony mordancy tart corrosive blistering stabbing acrimonious acerbic sharp-tongued acidulous acid-tongued severity tartness sternness acridness acridity uncharity
6 讥讽
satirical acrimonious shaft satire sneer jeer jibe snark acrimony quip scoff lampoon satirize acid mordant sarcastically satirically sarcasm innuendo lash a flea in ear
7 讽刺
tart ironic sarcastic mordant caustically satire sarcasm sly satirical wry snide sardonic satiric sarky send-up hit dig quiz scoff innuendo diatribe spoof lampoon satirize squib ironically send up cutting bitter cod biting burlesque backhanded piquant ironical nipping pass salt lash sting irony fling bitterness nip slant pasquinade rot
8 尖刻
smart sharp cutting devastating stinging barbed scathing astringent withering vitriolic acerbic mordant scalding waspish sharply devastatingly scathingly waspishly acidity sharpness acrimony acerbity waspishness acid tart spiky peppery acrid acrimonious snippy sting pungent shrill catty trenchant vinegary roundly acidly vitriol be close to the bone
10 焦散面
11 讽刺的
sarky sarcastic satirical tart ironic mordant sly wry snide sardonic satiric cutting bitter cod biting burlesque backhanded piquant ironical nipping
12 讥讽的
13 尖酸刻薄的
15 尖刻的
snippy acid acidic tart biting barbed pungent astringent snarky shrill scorching acrimonious mordant scalding waspish mordacious smart sharp cutting devastating stinging scathing withering vitriolic acerbic spiky peppery acrid catty trenchant vinegary