caustic

adjective

/ˈkɔːstɪk/

(of a chemical substance化学物质) able to destroy or dissolve (= remove or destroy by a chemical process) other substances腐蚀性的；苛性的 synonym corrosive
- a caustic cleaning product腐蚀性清洁产品
- caustic liquid that blisters the skin使皮肤起泡的腐蚀性液体
- a highly caustic chemical一种腐蚀性极强的化学品
Topics Physics and chemistryc2
critical in a bitter or sarcastic way尖酸刻薄的；挖苦的；讥讽的 synonym scathing
- caustic comments/wit刻薄话；长于讽刺
- Her speech was a caustic attack on government officials.她的讲话是对政府官员的刻薄攻击。
- Lisa ignored the caustic comment.丽莎忽略了这个刻薄的评论。
- She was frantically trying to think up some caustic reply.她疯狂地试图想出一些刻薄的回答。

词源late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kaustikos, from kaustos ‘combustible’, from kaiein ‘to burn’.

词汇	caustic
释义	caustic adjective /ˈkɔːstɪk/ /ˈkɔːstɪk/ (of a chemical substance化学物质) able to destroy or dissolve (= remove or destroy by a chemical process) other substances腐蚀性的；苛性的 synonym corrosive a caustic cleaning product腐蚀性清洁产品 caustic liquid that blisters the skin使皮肤起泡的腐蚀性液体 a highly caustic chemical一种腐蚀性极强的化学品 Topics Physics and chemistryc2 critical in a bitter or sarcastic way尖酸刻薄的；挖苦的；讥讽的 synonym scathing caustic comments/wit刻薄话；长于讽刺 Her speech was a caustic attack on government officials.她的讲话是对政府官员的刻薄攻击。 Lisa ignored the caustic comment.丽莎忽略了这个刻薄的评论。 She was frantically trying to think up some caustic reply.她疯狂地试图想出一些刻薄的回答。词源late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kaustikos, from kaustos ‘combustible’, from kaiein ‘to burn’.
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