| 单词 | mordant |
| 释义 | mordant adj. & n. --adj 1. (of sarcasm etc.) caustic, biting. 2. pungent, smarting. 3. corrosive or cleansing. 4. (of a substance) serving to fix colouring-matter or gold leaf on another substance. --n a mordant substance (in senses 3, 4 of adj.). Derivatives mordancy n. mordantly adv. Etymology: ME f. F, part. of mordre bite f. L mordere |
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