| 单词 | salt |
| 释义 | Word Frequency salt(sɔːlt) noun 1. a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food 2. (modifier) preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water salt pork salt marshes 3. chemistry any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or can be regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base 4. liveliness or pungency his wit added salt to the discussion 5. dry or laconic wit 6. a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced 7. short for saltcellar 8. rub salt into someone's wounds 9. salt of the earth 10. with a grain of salt 11. worth one's salt verb (transitive) 12. to season or preserve with salt 13. to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice 14. to add zest to 15. (often foll by down or away) to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution 16. chemistry to treat with common salt or other chemical salt 17. to provide (cattle, etc) with salt 18. to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc) adjective 19. not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty 20. obsolete rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit) Derived forms saltish (ˈsaltish) adjective saltless (ˈsaltless) adjective saltlike (ˈsaltˌlike) adjective saltness (ˈsaltness) noun Word origin Old English sealt; related to Old Norse, Gothic salt, German Salz, Lettish sāls, Latin sāl, Greek halsWord Frequency SALT(sɔːlt) noun acronym for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty |
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