caustic
adj. [化学] 腐蚀性的；[化学] 苛性的；刻薄的；焦散的
n. [助剂] 腐蚀剂；苛性钠；焦散曲线
adj.
苛性的；腐蚀性的；尖刻的，刻薄的；[物]焦散的
adv.
刻薄地，挖苦地；
n.
焦散线，焦散面；刻薄，讽刺；[化]苛性碱；[医]腐蚀剂
变形
复数：caustics
英英释义
caustic[ 'kɔ:stik ]
n.any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
adj.
harsh or corrosive in tone
"caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"
同义词：acerbacerbicacidacridbitterblisteringsulfuroussulphurousvenomousvirulentvitriolic
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
同义词：corrosiveerosivevitriolicmordant
词组短语
caustic soda[化]苛性钠；氢氧化钠
spent caustic废碱液
caustic potash苛性钾
caustic alkali[化]苛性碱
caustic lime生石灰；苛性石灰
caustic solution苛性碱溶液
caustic wash碱洗；氢氧化钠洗
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.
他张嘴开始进行刻薄的反击。
The caustic remark dented her ego.
那种尖利刻薄的话语伤害了她的自尊心。
权威例句
Caustic Model for High-Energy Lightcurves of PulsarsTwo-Pole Caustic Model for High-Energy Lightcurves of Pulsars
Uniform asymptotic expansions at a caustic
Caustic Ingestion and Subsequent Damage to the Oropharyngeal and Digestive Passages
Combined Analysis of the Binary-Lens Caustic-Crossing Event MACHO 98-SMC-1
Crystallinity changes in lyocell and viscose-type fibres by caustic treatment
Removal of acid gases and sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon gas streams in a caustic tower
Predictability of esophageal injury from signs and symptoms: a study of caustic ingestion in 378 children.
Method to reduce free radical-mediated tissue damage induced by caustic gas exposure using an antioxidant composition
Gastroesophageal reflux might cause esophagitis through a cytokine-mediated mechanism rather than caustic acid injury
caustic
caustic: see holocaust
caustic (adj.)
c. 1400, "burning, corrosive," from Latin causticus "burning, caustic," from Greek kaustikos "capable of burning; corrosive," from kaustos "combustible; burnt," verbal adjective from kaiein, the Greek word for "to burn" (transitive and intransitive) in all periods, which is of uncertain origin with no certain cognates outside Greek. Figurative sense of "sarcastic" is attested from 1771. As a noun, early 15c., from the adjective.
1. He delights in making caustic remarks.
他爱损人。
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2. In his early years at Apple, his meddling in tiny details maddened colleagues, and his criticism could be caustic and even humiliating.
早年他在苹果时，最细小的细节他都要插手，这激怒了同事，而他的批评可能是刻薄的甚至于羞辱性的。
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3. On the morning of the stroke, I woke up to a pounding pain behind my left eye. And it was the kind of pain, caustic pain, that you get when you bite into ice cream.
那天早上，我从睡梦中醒来，发现自己的左脑疼痛不止，那种痛楚跟你咬冰淇淋的那种腐蚀性的感觉一样，它抓住我，然后又放开，然后再次抓住，再次放开。
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4. Our sweat smelled so strongly of ammonia it burned the eyes, it was caustic, and it burned our skin too.
我们的汗里有一股浓的刺眼的氨的臭味，那是具有腐蚀性的，我们的皮肤都快被烧焦了。
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5. This caustic pollution—loaded with metals such as arsenic, lead, copper, iron and cadmium—is currently difficult and costly to treat.
这种腐蚀性的污染--富含金属物质，例如砷、铅、铜、铁和镉--目前处理起来很困难并且花费巨大。
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6. 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。
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7. In the Draize test, caustic substances are placed in the eyes of conscious rabbits to evaluate damage to sensitive eye tissues.
在眼睛的刺激实验中，腐蚀性物质被注入到意识清醒的兔子眼睛里以测试对敏感性眼组织的伤害。
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8. Finally, she talked about the victims of chemical warfare in the Middle East and how the caustic chemicals have caused the poor people a multitude of health problems.
最后，她谈到中东化学战的受害者，她描述了腐蚀性化学物质给当地穷人带来的一大堆健康问题。
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9. Caustic grumbles are excusable when I know my sleep was unconsciously interrupted 24 times overnight. Or so I keep telling myself.
我一直对自己说，假如前一晚我不知不觉醒了24次，那么第二天说些刻薄的牢骚话是可以原谅的。
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10. The majority of oesophageal caustic strictures in children are observed late, when dilatation procedures are likely to be more difficult and carry a significantly higher recurrence rate.
大多数儿童食道腐蚀性狭窄发现较晚，此时进行扩张手术可能较为困难，而且复发率大大提高。
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11. The beetle contains a caustic acid-like juice called cantharidin.
该甲虫体内含有一种腐蚀性的酸性液体，名为斑蝥素。
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12. The article also notes that the Dead Sea’s waters are particularly caustic and difficult for divers, which, as a new diver myself, I found particularly interesting/horrifying.
这篇文章也提到死海的水腐蚀性强，潜水困难。对于我这个潜水新手来说，我发现这尤其有趣/恐怖。
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13. The biology student took the fat from the bottom of the machine and mixed it with alcohol, methanol and caustic soda.
这位学生物的学生，从机器的底部取出脂肪，并把它跟酒精，甲醇还有苛性钠混合在一起.这些混合物就足以使他的吉普车移动。
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14. One caustic critic referred to claims about the expansionary effects of austerity as amounting to belief in the “confidence fairy.”
有一位刻薄的批评人士将这种所谓的紧缩政策引起的扩张性效果比作迷信“信心仙子”。
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15. Textile and food processing are Tianjin’s traditional dominating industries, whereas the outputs of TV set and caustic soda rank top five in the country.
纺织与食品工业是天津传统优势产业，彩电、烧碱产量均居全国前五位。
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16. These creatures, now called anammox bacteria, transform caustic and hazardous ammonium into dinitrogen, the harmless nitrogen gas that makes up 78% of the air we breathe.
这些微生物被命名为anammox，它可以把碱和有害的氨转化成氮气，无害的氮气是我们呼吸的空气的主要组成成分，占到了空气的78%。
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17. Evenmore caustic that Republicans from Sarah Palin on down have been foreignofficials from everywhere from Brazil to China.
从巴西到中国，世界各地的政府包括美国共和党成员的SarahPalin，都对此提出了刻薄的质疑。
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18. A number of microbes enjoy those caustic conditions, including Natronomonas pharaonis, which was first isolated from soda lakes in Egypt and Kenya in the 1980s.
一些微生物很享受这种碱性环境，其中包括最早于20世纪80年代从埃及和肯尼亚的碱湖里分离出来的盐碱古菌。
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19. The singles minimalist acid techno harked back to his Caustic Window/Analogue Bubblebath material of the early 90s.
之后Rephlex整理了James所有作品，11个系列12张单曲集并命名为Analord，这些单曲集以minimalistacidtechno回归了其90年代初的风格。
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20. We now produce and use a vast array of flammable, explosive, caustic, acidic, and highly toxic chemical substances for industrial, agricultural, and domestic purposes.
现在我们在工业、农业和家庭用品方面生产和使用大量易燃、易爆、腐蚀性、酸性及有高度毒性的化学物质。
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21. We now produce and use a vast array of flammable, explosive, caustic, acidic, and highly toxic chemical substances for industrial, agricultural, and domestic purposes.
现在我们在工业、农业和家庭用品方面生产和使用大量易燃、易爆、腐蚀性、酸性及有高度毒性的化学物质。
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