salt

salt
[sɔːlt, sɒlt]
noun
  1. (亦作 common salt)[mass noun]a white crystalline substance which gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food
    盐，食盐
  2. Alternative name: sodium chloride; chem. formula: NaCl
    又名：sodium choride氯化钠；化学分子式：又名：sodium choride氯化钠；化学分子式：NaCl
    ■(poetic/literary)something which adds freshness or piquancy
    (诗/文)风趣；兴味；俏皮；刺激性
    he described danger as the salt of pleasure.
    他把危险风趣地描写成乐趣。
    ■[count noun]a salt cellar
    盐瓶，盐碟
    a turned beech salt.
    一个造型美观的山毛榉盐瓶。
  3. (Chemistry)any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation
    (化)盐
  4. (一般作 old salt)(informal)an experienced sailor
    (非正式)有经验的水手，老水手
adjective
[attrib.]
  1. impregnated with, treated with, or tasting of salt
    含盐的；咸的；腌的，用盐处理过的；加盐调味的
    salt water.
    盐水。
    salt beef.
    腌牛肉。
  2. (of a plant) growing on the coast or in salt marshes
    （植物）海生的；生长于盐沼的
verb
[with obj.]
  1. [usu. as adj. salted]season or preserve with salt
    用盐给…调味；用盐腌
    cook the carrots in boiling salted water.
    在咸开水中煮胡萝卜。
    ■(figurative)make (something) piquant or more interesting
    (喻)给…增添刺激；使…更有趣
    there was good talk to salt the occasion.
    其间有开心的交谈为那场合增添乐趣。
  2. sprinkle (a road or path) with salt in order to melt snow or ice
    （为融化雪或冰）撒盐于（道路）上
    ■(informal)fraudulently make (a mine) appear to be a paying one by placing rich ore into it
    (非正式)向（矿区）移入富矿石作伪装，使（矿区，矿山）呈虚假的富矿状
  3. [as adj. salted](of a horse) having developed a resistance to disease by surviving it
    （马）有免疫力的
常用词组
rub salt into the (或 someone's) wound
  1. make a painful experience even more painful for someone
    在某人伤口上擦盐，使某人痛上加痛
the salt of the earth
  1. a person or group of people of great kindness, reliability, or honesty
    社会中坚，最高尚的人，最值得信赖的人
sit below the salt
  1. be of lower social standing or worth
    社会地位低
take something with a pinch (或grain) of salt
  1. regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something
    半信半疑
    I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt.
    我对他所说的一切都要打个折扣。
worth one's salt
  1. good or competent at the job or profession specified
    胜任的，称职的，有能力的
    any astrologer worth her salt would have predicted this.
    任何一个称职的占星家都会预测到这一点。
派生
saltish
adjective
saltless
adjective
saltness
noun
语源
  1. Old English sealt (noun), sealtan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zout and German Salz (nouns), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sal, Greek hals 'salt'
继承用法
salt something away
  1. (informal)secretly store or put by something, especially money
    (非正式)私下积攒（尤指钱）
salt something out
  1. cause soap to separate from lye by adding salt
    加盐使皂从碱液中分离出来
    ■(Chemistry)cause an organic compound to separate from an aqueous solution by adding an electrolyte
    (化)使盐析
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