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salt
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n.

vt.

adj.

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1. 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. 

  • Season lightly with salt and pepper.

    略微加点盐和胡椒调味。

  • ...a pinch of salt.

    一撮盐

2. VERB 给(食物)加盐 When you salt food, you add salt to it. 

  • Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently.

    根据自己的口味给原汤加点盐，然后用文火慢炖。

salted

  • Put a pan of salted water on to boil.

    将一锅盐水放上去煮。

  • ...lightly salted butter.

    加了少许盐的黄油

3. 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. 

  • The rock is rich in mineral salts.

    该岩石中富含矿盐。

4. See also: Epsom salts; smelling salts;  
5. 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. 

  • Most of the people there are salt-of-the-earth, good, working-class people.

    那里的大多数人都是吃苦耐劳、心地善良的工人阶级。

6. 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. 

  • The more miraculous parts of this account should be taken with a pinch of salt.

    对这篇记述中那些颇具神奇色彩的部分也不应全信。

7. 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. 

  • Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did.

    任何称职的教练都会采取和我一模一样的行动。

8. 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. 

  • I had no intention of rubbing salt into a friend's wounds, so all I said was that I did not give interviews.

    我不想往朋友的伤口上撒盐，所以我只说我没有进行面试。

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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;

  • "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"

3. add zest or liveliness to;

  • "She salts her lectures with jokes"

4. preserve with salt;

  • "people used to salt meats on ships"
Adjective

1. containing or filled with salt;

  • "salt water"

2. of speech that is painful or bitter;

  • "salt scorn"- Shakespeare
  • "a salt apology"

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

医学

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  • 1.①氯化钠，盐；②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；③〔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

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  • 1.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。
1. If you salt the vegetables with a little onion salt, they will taste better.
如果你在蔬菜里加点葱头盐，就会更好吃一些。

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2. Some of the world's supply of salt is mined as rock salt.
世界上供应的盐有些是从开采岩盐得到的。

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3. Add salt and pepper to taste.
随个人口味加盐和胡椒。

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

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5. Adventure is the salt of life to some people.
冒险对某些人来说是生活中的刺激。

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6. 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。

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7. Both salt and sugar dissolve easily in water.
盐和糖都容易溶解于水。

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8. Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.
食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

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9. Cook the beans with a piece of salt pork.
把豆子和一片咸猪肉一起煮。

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10. Don't leave the aluminium spoon in the saltcellar.It will be eaten into by salt.
别把铝勺留在盐罐中，因为盐腐蚀铝。

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11. He can't take it with a grain of salt.
他办此事不能打折扣。

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12. He employs an irreverent humour to salt his observation.
他运用玩世不恭的幽默使他的评论更加有趣。

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

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14. He set up a new world record in September,1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.
他于1935年9月在犹他州的博纳维尔的索尔特·弗拉兹创造了世界记录。

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

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16. How long will the substance take to salt out?
这种物质需要多长时间来盐析？

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17. I forgot to salt the dish.
这盘菜我忘记放盐了。

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18. I relaxed, letting the salt water buoy me up.
我放松下来，任凭海水托浮着。

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19. I've put salt instead of sugar in your coffee, April fool!
我在你咖啡里放了盐，而不是糖，跟你开个玩笑！

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20. If you evaporate a little sea water on a porcelain dish; on cooling, crystals of common salt will deposit on the sides of the dish.
如果你将少许海水放到瓷盘中蒸发，冷却后就会有普通食盐的结晶附着在盘的四周。

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