vitriol

英 [ˈvɪtriəl]

美 [ˈvɪtriəl]

n.  尖刻无情的话(或批评)

现在分词：vitrioling　过去式：vitrioled　第三人称单数：vitriols　过去分词：vitrioled　

Collins.1 / BNC.35021 / COCA.24575

牛津词典

noun

• 尖刻无情的话（或批评）
  very cruel and bitter comments or criticism

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 尖刻的文字;刻薄的话;讽刺
  If you refer to what someone says or writes asvitriol, you disapprove of it because it is full of bitterness and hate, and so causes a lot of distress and pain.
  1. The vitriol he hurled at members of the press knew no bounds...
     他对媒体的尖刻抨击没完没了。
  2. He has been no stranger to controversy and vitriol during a tumultuous political career.
     在起伏不定的政治生涯里，他对争议和讥讽早已习以为常。

英英释义

noun

• abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
  Synonym:vituperationinvective
• (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide
  Synonym:oil of vitriolsulfuric acidsulphuric acid

verb

• subject to bitter verbal abuse
• expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

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