- (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。
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- a substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material媒染剂。
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- an adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf（金属箔的）黏着剂。
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- a corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a printing plate（凹印的）腐蚀剂。
派生词
mordancy
nounmordantly
adverb词源
late 15th cent.: from French， present participle of mordre 'to bite'， from Latin mordere.