单词	salt
释义	noun | verb | adjective saltsalt1 /sɔlt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYsalt1 Origin: Old English sealt Collocations COLLOCATIONS► pinch of salt  a pinch of salt (=a small amount) 1 [uncountable] a natural white mineral, usually in the form of very small grains, that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it:  Season the sauce with salt and pepper. a pinch of salt (=a small amount) → see also rock salt, sea salt, table salt2the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary, but good and honest3[countable] science, chemistry a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base4old salt a sailor who has had a lot of experience sailing on the ocean [Origin: Old English sealt] → see also bath salts, Epsom salts, take something with a grain of salt at grain (6), rub salt into a wound at rub1 (6), smelling salts, worth his/her salt at worth1 (7) noun | verb | adjective saltsalt2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE salt Simple Form Present I, you, we, they salt he, she, it salts Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they salted Present perfect I, you, we, they have salted he, she, it has salted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had salted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will salt Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have salted Continuous Form Present I am salting he, she, it is salting you, we, they are salting Past I, he, she, it was salting you, we, they were salting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been salting he, she, it has been salting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been salting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be salting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been salting 1to add salt to food to make it taste better:  Lightly salt the water and add the pasta. salted peanuts2to add salt to food to preserve it:  salted fish3to put salt on the roads to prevent them from becoming icysalt something ↔ away phrasal verb to save money for the future, sometimes money you have earned dishonestly:  They had salted away over $45 million in overseas bank accounts. noun | verb | adjective saltsalt3 adjective [only before noun] 1preserved by salt:  salt pork2consisting of saltwater:  a salt lake
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