mordacious

a. 辛辣的, 锐利的, 咬人的 [医] 咬的

词形变化

more mordacious 比较级 most mordacious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive

  2. 2.

    Sharp or caustic in style or tone.

  3. 3.

    Sharp in intent, sarcastic.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries And that is really the long and the short of the whole matter, my mordacious friend.

  4. 4.

    Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

biting barbed pungent nipping

近义相关 3

dangerous sarcastic unsafe

词源

From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious.

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