【caustic】 - AEAS备考词汇

caustic

UK:  ['kɔːstɪk]

US:  ['kɔstɪk]

复数：caustics  

adj.

1.腐蚀性的;苛性的;刻薄的;焦散的

2.腐蚀的

3.刻薄

4.讽刺的,刻薄的,挖苦的

5.【化学】腐蚀性的;苛性的

6.【物理学】焦散的

n.

1.烧碱;苛性钠;焦散面

2.刻薄;讽刺

3.爱挖苦人

4.【化学】苛性碱

5.【医学】腐蚀剂

6.【物理学】焦散面;焦散线

v.

1.用腐蚀剂处理

1 . Astor attracted a great deal of attention, much of it for her caustic and witty comments.
阿斯特吸引了大量的注意力，很大一部分都是因为她那些刻薄而诙谐的各种评论。

2 . By turns funny and caustic, with a fine sense of oratory, Ms Le Pen's skill is to defend her ideas with principles that all voters share.
能言善辩的勒庞以风趣而讽刺的方式妥善辩护了她的主张，并且她的原则与选民的共同意愿相符。

3 . Liquid caustic soda is colorless, solid caustic soda is white with luster and easy to absorb moisture and dissolve in wate.
本产品液体为无色透明液体，固体主体为白色，有光泽，允许带颜色，具有吸湿性，易溶于水。

4 . On the surface, the resulting film was a humorous and caustic treatise on American values and group identity.
表面上，电影是以幽默和讽刺来评论美国的价值观。

5 . Her caustic remark gave him a foretaste of her anger.
她的刻薄话使他预感到她的愤怒。