caustic

英 ['k??st?k; 'k?st-] 美['k?st?k]

IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數(shù):?caustics;副詞:?caustically;

1. holocaust 'complete burning' => caustic.

caustic 腐蝕性的

詞源同cauterize,燒灼。

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 was often caustic and mocking, or flew into rages.: 他常常諷刺或挖苦人，有時又會大發(fā)雷霆。

2. His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare.: 他睿智刁鉆，評論尖刻，對任何采訪他的人而言都是夢魘。

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