caustic
caustic 英 [ˈkɔ:stɪk] 美 [ˈkɔstɪk]
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
名词复数:caustics
- Use the adjective caustic to describe any chemical that is able to burn living tissue or other substances, or, figuratively, a statement that has a similarly burning effect. Caustic in this sense means harshly critical.
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- 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
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1. 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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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。
- caustic (adj.) c. 1400, "capable of burning or destroying organic tissue, 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.
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