caustic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++caus·tic /ˈkɔːstɪk $ ˈkɒːs-/ adjective 1 HCBURNa caustic substance can burn through things by chemical action 〔物质〕苛性的，腐蚀性的 caustic soda (=a chemical used for cleaning things) 苛性钠，烧碱2 UNKINDa caustic remark criticizes someone in a way that is unkind but often cleverly humorous 〔语言〕尖刻的，讽刺的 SYN acerbiccaustic wit/comments/remark etc Eliot appreciated Pound’s caustic wit. 艾略特很欣赏庞德的机锋。 —caustically /-kli/ adverb ‘I can hardly wait, ’ Sir Trevor replied caustically. “我等不及了。”特雷弗爵士语带讽刺地回答。
Examples from the Corpus
caustic• Heavy fatty deposits can be broken up by the use of caustic cleaners sometimes specially formulated and described as drain cleaners.• Hayward made some pretty caustic comments about your poetry.• Rather than return home to be arrested, Kim kept up his caustic criticism from abroad.• But the caustic critics were not the majority.• The open and caustic disagreements between Deming and Juran are but one case in point.• Eliot wrote a caustic letter back.• Likewise, efficient marketing of both chlorine and caustic soda is essential as demand for the two chemicals is rarely in balance.• It was rather like having a heated dagger thrust into the eyeball and twisted, then caustic soda rubbed in the wound.• Some of his students were alienated by his caustic wit.caustic wit/comments/remark etc• Sir Brian is loud-mouthing Sir Bernard, who is assaulting the other five with caustic wit.Origin caustic (1300-1400) Latin causticus, from Greek, from kaiein “to burn”caus·tic adjectiveChineseSyllable
through by caustic substance a things action Corpus can chemical burn
caustic
caus‧tic /ˈkɔːstɪk $ ˈkɒːs-/
adjective
caustic soda (=a chemical used for cleaning things)
2. a caustic remark criticizes someone in a way that is unkind but often cleverly humorous
SYN acerbic
caustic wit/comments/remark etc
Eliot appreciated Pound’s caustic wit.
—caustically /-kli/ adverb:
‘I can hardly wait,’ Sir Trevor replied caustically.
caus‧tic /ˈkɔːstɪk $ ˈkɒːs-/
adjective Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: causticus, from Greek, from kaiein 'to burn'
1. a caustic substance can burn through things by chemical action:Language: Latin
Origin: causticus, from Greek, from kaiein 'to burn'
2. a caustic remark criticizes someone in a way that is unkind but often cleverly humorous
SYN acerbic
caustic wit/comments/remark etc
—caustically /-kli/ adverb: