[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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 动词]给(食物)加盐 When you salt food, you add salt to it.
[V n]
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 可数名词]盐,盐类(酸和碱的化合物)Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.
[usu pl]
The rock is rich in mineral salts.
该岩石中富含矿盐。
4
See also:
Epsom salts
;
smelling salts
;
5
[PHRASE 短语]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.
[oft v-link PHR]
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 短语]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.
[V inflects]
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 短语]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.
[n PHR]
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 短语]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.
[V and wound inflect]
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。
相关词组:
salt away
Oxford
salt★/sɔːlt;sɒlt; NAmEsɔːlt/
noun
,
verb
,
adjective
saltsaltssaltedsaltingnoun★1★[uncountable ]a white substance that is added to food to give it a better flavour or to preserve it. Saltis obtained from mines and is also found in sea water. It is sometimes called common saltto distinguish it from other chemical salts.盐;食盐SYN
sodium chloride
◆Pass the salt, please.请把盐递过来。◆a pinch of salt (= a small amount of it)一撮盐◆Season with salt and pepper.放盐和胡椒粉调味。◆sea salt海盐☞see also
rock salt
2[countable ]( chemistry 化) a chemical formed from a metal and an acid 盐(金属和酸组成的化学物质)◆mineral salts矿盐☞see also
Epsom salts
3salts[plural ]a substance that looks or tastes like salt形状(或味道)像盐的物质◆bath salts (= used to give a pleasant smell to bath water)(放在洗澡水中使之芳香的)浴盐☞see also
smelling salts
IDIOMthe salt of the ˈeartha very good and honest person that you can always depend on 世上的盐,地上的盐(指善良而信实的人)☞more at
dose
n.,
pinch
n.,
rub
v.,
worth
adj.verb1[usually passive ]saltsth to put salt on or in food 在(食物)中放盐◆salted peanuts咸花生米◆a pan of boiling salted water一锅放了盐的开水2saltsth (down) to preserve food with salt 用盐腌制(食物)◆salted fish咸鱼3saltsth to put salt on roads to melt ice or snow 把盐撒在路面上(以使冰雪融化)PHRASAL VERBˌsalt sth↔aˈwayto save sth for the future, secretly and usually dishonestly (通常指以欺瞒手段)秘密贮存◆She salted away the profits in foreign bank accounts.她把利润偷偷存在外国的银行账户上。adjective[only before noun ]containing, tasting of or preserved with salt 含盐的;咸的;用盐腌制的◆salt water海水◆salt beef腌牛肉salt/sɔːlt;sɒlt; NAmEsɔːlt/
LDC
salt1 noun
salt2 verb
salt3 adjective
saltsalt1 /sɔːlt $ sɒːlt/ ●●●S2W3 noun
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1salt (1) [uncountable] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it: This might need some salt and pepper. a pinch of salt (=a very small amount) Could you pass the salt?2the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary but good and honest3take something with a pinch/grain of salt informal to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth: Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.4[countable] technical a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base →
Epsom salts
, smelling salts
, old salt
, → rub salt into the wound
at rub1(7)
, → worth his/her salt
at worth1(10)
salt1 noun
salt2 verb
salt3 adjective
saltsalt2 verb [transitive]
Verb Table
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
1to add salt to food to make it taste better: salted peanuts2 (also salt down) to add salt to food to preserve itsalted pork/meat/fish The meat is salted to store it through the winter.3to put salt on the roads to prevent them from becoming icysalt away phrasal verbto save money for the future, especially dishonestly by hiding it: She salted the money away in a secret account.
salt1 noun
salt2 verb
salt3 adjective
saltsalt3 adjective [only before noun]
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
1preserved with salt: salt pork2salt water water that contains salt, especially naturally in the sea3consisting of salt water: a salt lake
WDF
salt
[sɔ:lt]salted, salting, salts
CET4CET6TEM4考研
n1576
32585
2144
3001
15315
10122
2003
v22704
323
22
68
114
99
20
j46584
40
1
5
21
7
6
NOUN1900
723977
VERB26154
6735
ADJ46728
1161
Spoken:
189721597
salted[1023] salts[1322]
盐(96%),用盐腌(2%),盐类(1%),刺激(1%)
n.盐;风趣,刺激性
n.(Salt)人名;(西)萨尔特;(英)索尔特
adj.咸水的;含盐的,咸味的;盐腌的;猥亵的
vt.用盐腌;给…加盐;将盐撒在道路上使冰或雪融化
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.