亚洲网紅露点

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caustic

[ kaw-stik ]

adjective

  1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
  2. severely critical or sarcastic:

    a caustic remark.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



noun

  1. a caustic substance.
  2. Optics.

caustic

/ 藞k蓴藧st瑟k; k蓴藧藞st瑟s瑟t瑟 /

adjective

  1. capable of burning or corroding by chemical action

    caustic soda

  2. sarcastic; cutting

    a caustic reply

  3. of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by a curved surface
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. Also calledcaustic surface a surface that envelops the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
  2. Also calledcaustic curve a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
  3. chem a caustic substance, esp an alkali
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • causticity, noun
  • 藞肠补耻蝉迟颈肠补濒, adjective
  • 藞肠补耻蝉迟颈肠补濒ly, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠补耻蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路濒测 肠补耻蝉顎僼颈肠路濒测 adverb
  • 肠补耻蝉路迟颈肠路颈路迟测 [kaw-, stis, -i-tee], 肠补耻蝉顎僼颈肠路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 苍辞苍路肠补耻蝉顎僼颈肠 adjective
  • non路肠补耻蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 辞顎僾别谤路肠补耻蝉顎僼颈肠 adjective
  • o顎僾er路肠补耻蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 辞顎卾别谤路肠补耻蝉路迟颈肠顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 耻苍路肠补耻蝉顎僼颈肠 adjective
  • un路肠补耻蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caustic1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Latin causticus < Greek 办补耻蝉迟颈办贸蝉 burning, caustic, equivalent to kaust ( 贸蝉 ) burnt (verbal adjective of 办补铆别颈苍 to burn) + -ikos -ic
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caustic1

C14: from Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein to burn
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Thewlis, who has the ranginess and sharp profile one associates with the character, is a fine Holmes, caustic with a comic edge, and Hunt holds her own as his problematic partner.

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Balancing this is the show鈥檚 caustic tut-tutting at materialists for wanting these baubles in the first place.

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In their oral arguments, the attorneys refrained from repeating some caustic language from their written briefs.

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"We have the means to limit the spread by... burying them with caustic soda."

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Withdrawn and caustic, Janice is a raw lump of unresponsiveness bombarded by those determined to 鈥渇ix鈥 her.

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