salt

英[sɔːlt]美[sɔːlt]

n.盐，风趣，机智，讽刺，药用盐，泻盐；

vt.撒盐，用盐渍，加盐以调味，为…增加趣味；

adj.含盐的，有咸味的，盐渍的；

第三人称单数：salts;

过去式：salted;

过去分词：salted;

现在分词：salting;

例句

She put salt into her tea by mistake.她误把盐放进茶里去了。

She is superstitious about spilling salt on the table.她迷信把盐倒翻在桌子上的说法。

And today,if you go to Salt Lake City,you can see a monument with seagulls on top of it.今天,如果你去盐湖城,你会看到有一座顶端雕刻有海鸥的纪念碑。

He put a pinch of salt on his food.他在自己的食物上撒了一撮盐。

The soup wants a touch of salt.汤里少了些盐。

The last step is to add some salt and reduce the soup for three minutes.*后一个步骤是加些盐然后使汤浓缩三分钟。

They made traffic in salt.他们做盐的贸易。

I forgot to salt the dish.这盘菜我忘记放盐了。

Adventure is the salt of life to some men.对有些男子而言, 冒险是生活的乐趣。

Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。

英语六级真题

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake City, with high levels of two-parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

Stored underground in large salt caves in Louisiana, this stockpile is called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and currently contains over 600 million barrels of oil, roughly equivalent to one month's supply.

"If they are anywhere near worth their salt as engineers, I bet they are rethinking their threat model as we speak," said Jonathan Zdziarski, a digital expert who studies the iPhone and its vulnerabilities.

Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake city, with high levels of two- parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

Flamingos have evolved very leathery skin on their legs so they can tolerate the salt water, says David Harper, a professor at the University of Leicester.

The ham is covered in salt to dry and preserve it, and left hung for up to two years.

The scientists are breeding successive generations to arrive at varieties that incorporate salt tolerance but retain about 97 percent of the European rice genome.

Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level一too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move bri

Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

盐;食盐

Salt is a strong-tasting substance, in the form of white powder or crystals, which is used to improve the flavour of food or to preserve it. Salt occurs naturally in sea water.

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VERB

给(食物)加盐

When you salt food, you add salt to it.

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N-COUNT

盐，盐类(酸和碱的化合物)

Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.

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PHRASE

人中豪杰;社会中坚;吃苦耐劳的人

If you describe someone as the salt of the earth, you have a lot of respect for them as the type of person who deals with difficult or demanding situations without making any unnecessary fuss.

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PHRASE

对…半信半疑;不完全相信

If you take something with a pinch of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true.

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PHRASE

称职;胜任;值得尊敬

If you say, for example, that any doctor worth his or her salt would do something, you mean that any doctor who was good at his or her job or who deserved respect would do it.

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PHRASE

往伤口上撒盐;雪上加霜;落井下石

If someone or something rubs salt into the wound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults.

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英汉词典释义

n.

盐, 食盐

味道或外观等像盐的物质; 药用盐类

增添趣味[活跃气氛]的事物

盐（金属和酸的化合物）

风趣，兴味；俏皮

机智；刺激性

慎重；现实态度；常识

vt.

加盐于…以调味; 用盐腌

把盐撒在路面上（以使冰雪融化）

使更有趣

使(生活等)变得痛苦(或难过)

(撒盐似的)散布；点缀

adj.

含盐的；咸的；用盐腌制的

盐渍的，用盐加工处理过的

被海水淹没的

能产生咸味的

(语言)尖刻的，辛辣的

有兴味的，风趣的

(眼泪等)辛酸的；(教训等)沉痛的

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

2. white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

3. the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth

Verb

1. add salt to

2. sprinkle as if with salt;

3. add zest or liveliness to;

4. preserve with salt;

Adjective

1. containing or filled with salt;

2. of speech that is painful or bitter;

3. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

行业词典

医学： 氯化钠，盐；盐类：酸中的氢原子被金属原子置换所成的化合物，或既含碱基又含酸基的化合物；〔复〕盐类泻剂：见magnesium sulfate (Epsom s.)、sodium sulfate (Glaubers s.)及potassium sodium tartrate (Prestons，Rochelle或 Seignettes s.)；

大气科学： 盐粉播撒，salt-seeding 用运载工具（飞机、火箭等）把盐粉播入催化云的作业过程。；