| 单词 | salt |
| 释义 | salt /so: lt; salt/ n 1 [U] (often 常作 common ~) white substance obtained from mines, present in sea-water and obtained from it by evaporation, used to flavour and preserve food; sodium chloride (NaCI) : 盐; 食盐; 氯化钓： too much ~ in the soup; 汤里盐太多; 'table ~, powdered for convenient use at table. 餐桌上用的精盐。 not/hardly worth one's ~, not deserving one's pay. 不称职。 take (a statement, etc) with a grain/pinch of ~, feel some doubt whether it is altogether true. 对 (某一陈述等) 有所怀疑或采取保留态度。 the ~ of the earth, the finest citizens; persons with very high qualities. 社会中坚分子。 2 (chem) chemical compound of a metal and an acid. (化学) 金属和酸的化合物;盐。3 a ~， an old ~, an experienced sailor. 有经验的水手。 4 (pl) medicine used to empty the bowels: (复) 泻画： take a dose of (Epsom) ~s. 服一剂泻盐。 like a dose of ~s, (sl) very fast. (俚) 很快。 → also smelling ~s at smell2 (4). 5 (fig) sth that gives flavour or zest: (喻) 增加风味或妙趣之物; 刺激物： Adventure is the ~ of life to some men. 对于某些人而言，冒险是生活中的刺激。 6 (compounds) (复合字) ， ~-cellar n small container (open, or with a hole or holes at the top) for ~ at table. (餐桌上开着或顶端有孔的) 盐瓶。'~-Hck n place where animals come to lick earth with ~ in it. 动物来舐食咸味的含盐地。 pan n hollow place (natural or artificial) near the sea where ~ is obtained by evaporation of sea-water. (近海处由蒸发海水而得盐之天然或人工) 盐田。 ' ~- shaker n (US) small container (with a hole or holes at the top for sprinkling) for ~ at table. (美) (餐桌上用的) 盐瓶。 ~ water adj of the sea. 海水的上咸水的。 '~-works n (sing or pl) place where ~ is manufactured. (单或复) 制盐场; 盐厂。 W [VP6A] put ~ on or in (food) to season it; [VP6A, 15B] ~ sth (down), preserve (food) with ~: 加盐于 (食物) 以调味; 用盐腌 (食物)： ~ (down) cod; 隣檐鱼; ~ed meat. 丑肉。 ~ sth away, (colloq) put money away for the future: (俗) 积蓄钱： He's got quite a bit ~ed away. 他积蓄了不少钱。 adj 1 containing, tasting of, preserved with, ~: 含盐的; 咸的; 腌的： ~ beef; 腌牛肉; ~ wmer. 咸水。 2 (of land) impregnated with ~: (指土地) 含有盐份的; 多盐的： ~ marshes; 盐泽; 盐沼; the flats of Utah. 犹他州的盐地。 ~y adj (-ier, -iest) containing, tasting of, ~. 含鱼的; 亩盐味的; 咸的。 ~iness n |
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