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salt/sɔːlt], [sɒlt//sɔːlt/ ★★★★★n. n- ① 1盐,食盐2盐罐,盐瓶(=saltcellar)
- sea salt海盐
- preserve vegetables in salt以盐腌藏蔬菜
- There is too much salt in the soup.这汤含有太多的盐。
- Pass (me) the salt please.=Please pass the salt.请把盐递过来(餐桌用语)。
- ②[用复数形]1嗅盐(=smelling salts)(以碳酸铵为主要成分,用作提神药)2药用盐类(缓泻剂、防腐剂)
- take a dose of salts吃一服泻药
- ④ 提神物;刺激;趣味;机智
- conversation full of salt富有机智的谈话
- Dancing is the salt of life to him.对他来说,跳舞是生活的刺激。
vt- ① 1加盐调味;撒以盐2撒盐于(冰冻的马路等)(使冰融化)3给(家畜)盐吃
- She salted the potatoes lightly.她给那些马铃薯撒了一点点盐。
- ③ 使(话等)有风趣[趣味]<with>(★通常用被动式)
- Today's movies are often salted with sex and violence.今天的电影常以性和暴力增添风味。
- ④ 1虚报(价钱),浮报(帐款等)2把良质矿石[石油]放在矿山[油井]里(以便高价出售矿山或油井)
adj- ② 盐腌的
- salt vegetables [pork]腌蔬菜[猪肉]
- ③ (土地等)浸入海水的;咸水的
- a salt marsh(海岸的)潮间带沼泽地
- a salt lake咸水湖
短语- above [below] the salt
- ① 在上[末]席(★昔日餐桌中央摆一个大盐罐(saltcellar),贵宾及长辈就坐上席,陪客及晚辈等分坐末席)
- eat salt with a person
- like a dose of salts
- rub salt in [into] the [a person's] wound
- salt away
- ① 用盐腌藏(★亦作salt down)
- ② 【口】积蓄(钱财等)
- He salted away most of his earnings.他把他的收入大部分都积蓄起来。
- We have some money salted away.我们储蓄了一些钱。
- take ... with a grain [pinch] of salt
- She took the report with a grain of salt.她对那项报告持怀疑的态度。
- the salt of the earth
- ① 世上的盐,(防止世界腐败的)健全分子,社会的中坚,社会楷模(★出自圣经「马太福音」)
- You can trust them, for they are the salt of the earth.你可以信赖他们,因为他们是社会的中坚。
- worth one's salt
- I couldn't find a secretary worth her salt.我找不到一名称职的(女)秘书。
同义词- bank
- deposit
- gob
- jack
- jack-tar
- keep
- lay aside
- lay away
- lay by
- lay in
- lay up
- mariner
- navigator
- put by
- sailor
- save
- sea dog
- seafarer
- seaman
- set by
- sock away
- tar
- SALT
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- common salt
- salinity
- saltiness
- table salt
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