salt

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n.  盐; 食盐; 盐(金属和酸组成的化学物质); 形状(或味道)像盐的物质
v.  在(食物)中放盐; 用盐腌制(食物); 把盐撒在路面上(以使冰雪融化)
adj.  含盐的; 咸的; 用盐腌制的

复数：salts　过去分词：salted　现在分词：salting　过去式：salted　第三人称单数：salts　

中考高考CET4CET6考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2536 / COCA.1571

短语用例

salt sth↔away

• （通常指以欺瞒手段）秘密贮存
  to save sth for the future, secretly and usually dishonestly
  1. Pass the salt, please.
     请把盐递过来。
  2. a pinch of salt (= a small amount of it)
     一撮盐
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
     放盐和胡椒粉调味。
  4. sea salt
     海盐

习惯用语

n.

the salt of the earth
• 世上的盐，地上的盐（指善良而信实的人）
  a very good and honest person that you can always depend on
like a dose of salts
• 很快地；一下子
  very fast and easily
take sth with a pinch of salt
• 不完全相信；半信半疑
  to be careful about believing that sth is completely true
rub salt into the woundrub salt into sb's wounds
• 在伤口上抹盐；使雪上加霜
  to make a difficult experience even more difficult for sb
worth your/its salt
• 称职；胜任
  deserving respect, especially because you do your job well
• Any teacher worth her salt knows that.
  凡称职的教师都知道这一点。

牛津词典

noun

• 盐；食盐
  a white substance that is added to food to give it a better flavour or to preserve it. Salt is obtained from mines and is also found in sea water. It is sometimes called common salt to distinguish it from other chemical salts .
  1. Pass the salt, please.
     请把盐递过来。
  2. a pinch of salt (= a small amount of it)
     一撮盐
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
     放盐和胡椒粉调味。
  4. sea salt
     海盐
• 盐（金属和酸组成的化学物质）
  a chemical formed from a metal and an acid
  1. mineral salts
     矿盐
• 形状（或味道）像盐的物质
  a substance that looks or tastes like salt
  1. bath salts (= used to give a pleasant smell to bath water)
     （放在洗澡水中使之芳香的）浴盐

verb

• 在（食物）中放盐
  to put salt on or in food
  1. salted peanuts
     咸花生米
  2. a pan of boiling salted water
     一锅放了盐的开水
• 用盐腌制（食物）
  to preserve food with salt
  1. salted fish
     咸鱼
• 把盐撒在路面上（以使冰雪融化）
  to put salt on roads to melt ice or snow

adj.

• 含盐的；咸的；用盐腌制的
  containing, tasting of or preserved with salt
  1. salt water
     海水
  2. salt beef
     腌牛肉

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 盐;食盐
  Saltis 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.
  1. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
     略微加点盐和胡椒调味。
  2. ...a pinch of salt.
     一撮盐
• VERB 给(食物)加盐
  When yousaltfood, you add salt to it.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 盐，盐类(酸和碱的化合物)
  Saltsare substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.
  1. The rock is rich in mineral salts.
     该岩石中富含矿盐。
• See also:Epsom saltssmelling salts
• PHRASE 人中豪杰;社会中坚;吃苦耐劳的人
  If you describe someone as thesalt 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 对…半信半疑;不完全相信
  If youtakesomethingwith a pinch of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 称职;胜任;值得尊敬
  If you say, for example, that any doctorworthhis or hersaltwould do something, you mean that any doctor who was good at his or her job or who deserved respect would do it.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 往伤口上撒盐;雪上加霜;落井下石
  If someone or somethingrubs salt intothewound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt
  将马铃薯戳一些洞，并用盐揉搓外皮。
• The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.
  盐碱地和泥滩吸引了大量水鸟。
• New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.
  新的研究表明，过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。
• Omit the salt in this recipe
  省略菜谱中放盐这一步。
• Common salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.
  食盐由40%的钠和60%的氯化物构成。
• The sea water is mainly composed of water and salt.
  海水主要由水和盐组成。
• Dissolve the salt in the warm water.
  把盐放在温水里溶解。
• As with all dietary changes, reducing salt should be done gradually.
  像所有改变饮食结构的情况一样，减少盐的摄入量也应当采取渐进的方式。
• Season the meat with salt and pepper
  用盐和胡椒粉给肉调味。
• The vegetables need more salt.
  这些蔬菜还需要加盐。