亚洲网紅露点

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corrosive

[ kuh-roh-siv ]

adjective

  1. having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
  2. harmful or destructive; deleterious:

    the corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage.

  3. sharply sarcastic; caustic:

    corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity.



noun

  1. something corrosive, as an acid or drug.

corrosive

/ 办蓹藞谤蓹蕣蝉瑟惫 /

adjective

  1. (esp of acids or alkalis) capable of destroying solid materials
  2. tending to eat away or consume
  3. cutting; sarcastic

    a corrosive remark

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. a corrosive substance, such as a strong acid or 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

  • 肠辞谤藞谤辞蝉颈惫别濒测, adverb
  • 肠辞谤藞谤辞蝉颈惫别苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞谤路谤辞顎僺颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 肠辞谤路谤辞顎僺颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 肠辞谤路谤辞路蝉颈惫路颈路迟测 [kawr-oh-, siv, -i-tee, kor-], noun
  • 苍辞苍顎卌辞谤路谤辞顎僺颈惫别 adjective
  • non顎叧Υ前钒穷僺颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • non顎叧Υ前钒穷僺颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of corrosive1

1350鈥1400; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin 肠辞谤谤艒蝉墨惫耻蝉, equivalent to Latin 肠辞谤谤艒蝉 ( us ) ( corrosion ) + -墨惫耻蝉 -ive; replacing Middle English corosif < Middle French < Latin as above
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The White House has said that funding of news media is "not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence" and that the media landscape has become more "diverse".

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Ezedi killed himself within hours after he was suspected of dousing his ex-girlfriend with a corrosive liquid when he attacked her and her children in south London in January last year.

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Commission staff have also argued the current work is far from identical from original permits, noting that recent requirements from the state fire marshal mandate new standards to respond to corrosive tendencies on the pipeline.

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She added: "The appearance of differential treatment before the law is particularly corrosive."

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At sea, there is plenty of wind, wave and solar energy, but building renewable-energy systems that can survive the weather and corrosive seawater is difficult and costly.

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