单词 | corrosive |
释义 | corrosive —corrosively, adv. —corrosiveness, corrosivity /kawr'oh siv"i tee, kor'-/, n. /keuh roh"siv/, adj. 1. having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive. 2. harmful or destructive; deleterious: the corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage. 3. sharply sarcastic; caustic: corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity. n. 4. something corrosive, as an acid or drug. [1350-1400; late ME ( < MF) < ML corrosivus, equiv. to L corros(us) (see CORROSION) + -ivus -IVE; r. ME corosif < MF < L as above] |
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