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mordant 【mordant】adj.尖酸的；讽刺的His political opponents feared his mordant togue, and even more his mordant pen.他的政治对手害怕他尖酸刻薄的口才，更怕他讽刺的文章。

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['mɔːrdnt] 
mordantharshly ironic or sinister
If you like Edgar Allan Poe and "The Addams Family," you have a taste for mordant entertainment — that is, anything particularly grim or dark in nature.
The original meaning of mordant (which comes from the Latin word modere, meaning "to bite or sting,") was that of a physical substance that literally bit into something, such as the one used to set dye into fabrics, or etch lines into a copper plate. Now, mordant generally refers to a dark or biting artistic style, sense of humor, or psychological outlook.
All forms of 'mordant' will appear on average once every 6588 pages.mordant

Front	mordant
Pron	['mɔːrdnt]
Back	【mordant】 adj.尖酸的；讽刺的 His political opponents feared his mordant togue, and even more his mordant pen. 他的政治对手害怕他尖酸刻薄的口才，更怕他讽刺的文章。
Vocab	mordantharshly ironic or sinister If you like Edgar Allan Poe and "The Addams Family," you have a taste for mordant entertainment — that is, anything particularly grim or dark in nature. The original meaning of mordant (which comes from the Latin word modere, meaning "to bite or sting,") was that of a physical substance that literally bit into something, such as the one used to set dye into fabrics, or etch lines into a copper plate. Now, mordant generally refers to a dark or biting artistic style, sense of humor, or psychological outlook. All forms of 'mordant' will appear on average once every 6588 pages. mordant

Mordant Dark Meaning Mɔːrdnt Adj.尖酸的；讽刺的 Political Opponents Feared