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单词 oversalt
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oversaltv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈsɔːlt/, /ˌəʊvəˈsɒlt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsɔlt/, /ˌoʊvərˈsɑlt/
Forms: see over- prefix and salt v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, salt v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + salt v.1 Compare earlier over-salt adj., oversalted adj.
transitive. To add too much salt to, make too salty; †to cure with salt for too long (obsolete).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > season [verb (transitive)] > salt > excessively
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a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 56 Hee..so oversalts them that they cannot be eaten.
1691 B. Keach Hymn 98 in Spiritual Melody v. 241 Things may over-salted be, If too much on they lay.
1739 H. Baker & J. Miller Learned Ladies ii. vii. 54 Have her burn my Meat or oversalt my Broth.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. iii. 41 They must not oversalt the leg. View more context for this quotation
1864 Pearl of Savoy ii. i. 30 Wait, I'll oversalt your supper!
1939 S. Spender tr. E. Toller Pastor Hall i. 14 Julie, tell cook not to oversalt the roast.
2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Jan. w19 There's also a tendency, on busy nights in particular, to oversalt some dishes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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