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Definition of mordant in English: mordantadjective ˈmɔːd(ə)ntˈmɔrdnt (especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting. （尤指幽默）挖苦式的；尖刻的；咬人的 a mordant sense of humour 尖刻刺人的幽默感。 Example sentencesExamples - Both directors' films are shot through with a mordant humour which echoes the essential Dublin.
- Chance, luck, mobility and enterprise characterise the larger narrative as well as the individual stories in this inimitable bricolage of reflection, jokes and mordant ironies.
- Still, the film is worth watching for its mordant humour and brutally honest view of addiction.
- As a writer who is constantly described as a purveyor of mordant wit and dark humour in subjects such as death and alcoholism, you could say that stand-up was the natural stepping stone in communicating her thoughts.
- Though they total no more than about 35,000 words, his 12 mordant tales are little aerial masterpieces about social change, aging and divorce.
- The first opera was written when the composer was twenty-five, and it has all the glinting lightness and mordant irreverence that his early works display.
- There are many - too many - first-person accounts of illness but because she doesn't seek to entertain us we are spared the improbable levity and mordant wit that have become standard.
- His songs are frequently grim, a catalogue of human misery shot through with mordant humour and flashes of spiritual or psychological calm.
- Tense, haunted and melancholy, the composer's dark vision was only relieved by a mordant strain of humour.
- There is an amount of mordant humour surrounding the shocking murders.
- There are flashes of her old, mordant wit, but with very few exceptions, little of the lives or personalities of her protagonists is given room to come alive and breathe.
- He remained committed to exploring his penchant for mordant wit, the celebration of the esoteric, the glorification of all things absurd.
- Aron had become rather mordant, and she thought it essential that he gain some cheer before the long walk home.
- The book, by being both depressing and exhilarating gave mordant insight into the Edinburgh housing projects where the writer grew up.
- With remarkable economy, he condenses these depressing proceedings into a short, mordant drama about the ruthless crushing of a brilliant spirit.
- Although somewhat bleak, it is a graceful affair, lovingly crafted, deeply felt, and spiked with mordant cleverness.
- You can hear the family influence: her brother's propensity for melodrama, mom's acute eye for telling lyrical detail, dad's mordant black humour, along with her own caustic imagery.
- His pessimism about human nature and emphasis on mordant criticism of failings among the clergy, however, were not typical of all humanists.
Synonyms caustic, trenchant, biting, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, tart, pungent, stinging, astringent, incisive, devastating, piercing, rapier-like, razor-edged critical, bitter, polemic, virulent, vitriolic, venomous, waspish, corrosive rare acidulous, mordacious
noun ˈmɔːd(ə)ntˈmɔrdnt 1A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material. 媒染剂 Example sentencesExamples - Have you actually got round the obstacle of using heavy metal mordants to actually make the dye set?
- In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal compound called a mordant; common mordants, still used in craft dying, are compounds of aluminum, iron, copper, tin, and chromium.
- Alum has also been long used as a mordant in dyeing.
- Wearden's text gives good, clear explanations and descriptions of the various weaving techniques, not just pile but also flat woven, and discusses dyes, mordants and related matters.
- The application by hand of various mordants was part of a complex process of dyeing, applying and clearing resists, washing, and bleaching.
- They were also more convenient to use because no mordant was required to set the color on wool or silk, although a mordant was still required when dyeing cotton.
- In this technique, color fixatives called mordants were hand painted on the surface prior to dyeing with chay, which was derived from the root of an East Indian herb.
- 1.1 An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf.
（金属箔的）黏着剂 Example sentencesExamples - At the appropriate moment, while the mordant was still tacky, scraps of gold leaf were laid over the area of decoration, the gold adhering to the lines of mordant but not to the dry paint beneath.
- Gold leaf is too delicate to be laid directly on the relatively rough surface of plaster and so the gold leaf is backed with thicker and more robust tin foil using an oil mordant as the adhesive.
2A corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a printing plate. （凹印的）腐蚀剂 Example sentencesExamples - Oil mordants from early in the century tend to produce distinctly raised lines.
verb ˈmɔːd(ə)ntˈmɔrdnt [with object]Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant. 为（织物）上媒染剂 mordanting a fibre is simple Example sentencesExamples - The yarn would usually be mordanted with oxalic acid from wood sorrel, iron, or even an alkaline solution made from stale urine.
- The first dye is crystal violet, which is fixed or mordanted in Gram positive bacteria by iodine.
OriginLate 15th century: from French, present participle of mordre 'to bite', from Latin mordere. Rhymesaccordant, concordant, discordant, mordent Definition of mordant in US English: mordantadjectiveˈmôrdntˈmɔrdnt (especially of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting. （尤指幽默）挖苦式的；尖刻的；咬人的 尖刻刺人的幽默感。 Example sentencesExamples - As a writer who is constantly described as a purveyor of mordant wit and dark humour in subjects such as death and alcoholism, you could say that stand-up was the natural stepping stone in communicating her thoughts.
- With remarkable economy, he condenses these depressing proceedings into a short, mordant drama about the ruthless crushing of a brilliant spirit.
- Though they total no more than about 35,000 words, his 12 mordant tales are little aerial masterpieces about social change, aging and divorce.
- Aron had become rather mordant, and she thought it essential that he gain some cheer before the long walk home.
- The book, by being both depressing and exhilarating gave mordant insight into the Edinburgh housing projects where the writer grew up.
- Chance, luck, mobility and enterprise characterise the larger narrative as well as the individual stories in this inimitable bricolage of reflection, jokes and mordant ironies.
- The first opera was written when the composer was twenty-five, and it has all the glinting lightness and mordant irreverence that his early works display.
- Although somewhat bleak, it is a graceful affair, lovingly crafted, deeply felt, and spiked with mordant cleverness.
- Still, the film is worth watching for its mordant humour and brutally honest view of addiction.
- Both directors' films are shot through with a mordant humour which echoes the essential Dublin.
- Tense, haunted and melancholy, the composer's dark vision was only relieved by a mordant strain of humour.
- There are many - too many - first-person accounts of illness but because she doesn't seek to entertain us we are spared the improbable levity and mordant wit that have become standard.
- There are flashes of her old, mordant wit, but with very few exceptions, little of the lives or personalities of her protagonists is given room to come alive and breathe.
- His pessimism about human nature and emphasis on mordant criticism of failings among the clergy, however, were not typical of all humanists.
- There is an amount of mordant humour surrounding the shocking murders.
- You can hear the family influence: her brother's propensity for melodrama, mom's acute eye for telling lyrical detail, dad's mordant black humour, along with her own caustic imagery.
- His songs are frequently grim, a catalogue of human misery shot through with mordant humour and flashes of spiritual or psychological calm.
- He remained committed to exploring his penchant for mordant wit, the celebration of the esoteric, the glorification of all things absurd.
Synonyms caustic, trenchant, biting, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, tart, pungent, stinging, astringent, incisive, devastating, piercing, rapier-like, razor-edged
nounˈmôrdntˈmɔrdnt 1A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material. 媒染剂 Example sentencesExamples - In this technique, color fixatives called mordants were hand painted on the surface prior to dyeing with chay, which was derived from the root of an East Indian herb.
- Alum has also been long used as a mordant in dyeing.
- Wearden's text gives good, clear explanations and descriptions of the various weaving techniques, not just pile but also flat woven, and discusses dyes, mordants and related matters.
- They were also more convenient to use because no mordant was required to set the color on wool or silk, although a mordant was still required when dyeing cotton.
- The application by hand of various mordants was part of a complex process of dyeing, applying and clearing resists, washing, and bleaching.
- Have you actually got round the obstacle of using heavy metal mordants to actually make the dye set?
- In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal compound called a mordant; common mordants, still used in craft dying, are compounds of aluminum, iron, copper, tin, and chromium.
- 1.1 An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf.
（金属箔的）黏着剂 Example sentencesExamples - Gold leaf is too delicate to be laid directly on the relatively rough surface of plaster and so the gold leaf is backed with thicker and more robust tin foil using an oil mordant as the adhesive.
- At the appropriate moment, while the mordant was still tacky, scraps of gold leaf were laid over the area of decoration, the gold adhering to the lines of mordant but not to the dry paint beneath.
- 1.2 A corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a printing plate.
（凹印的）腐蚀剂 Example sentencesExamples - Oil mordants from early in the century tend to produce distinctly raised lines.
verbˈmôrdntˈmɔrdnt [with object]Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant. 为（织物）上媒染剂 Example sentencesExamples - The yarn would usually be mordanted with oxalic acid from wood sorrel, iron, or even an alkaline solution made from stale urine.
- The first dye is crystal violet, which is fixed or mordanted in Gram positive bacteria by iodine.
OriginLate 15th century: from French, present participle of mordre ‘to bite’, from Latin mordere. |