| 单词 | saline |
| 释义 | saline (once / 3874 pages) adjn Saline is an adjective that means "salty." While "salty" is a perfectly good word to use when describing French fries or tears, saline tends to be a word you might hear in a more official setting, like in a hospital or in a geology class. If you watch a lot of hospital dramas on TV, you have definitely heard the exclamation, “Nurse, the patient needs an IV saline solution, stat!” because sick people in hospitals tend to get saline solutions to keep them hydrated. Saline mostly has a scientific meaning; it is not usually used to mean salty tasting. If you want to get really scientific, salt is actually called sodium chloride, but "sodium chloride pretzels" would probably not fly off the grocery store shelves. WORD FAMILYsaline: desalinise, salines, salinity+/desalinise: desalinisation/salinity: salinities USAGE EXAMPLESSaline County jail records show she’s being held without bond and do not list an attorney for her. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) After her arrival, they began flushing the wound with a saline solution and treating it with antibiotic ointments, but the lesion wouldn’t heal. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) Once the new vaccines were ready, Dr Janda injected mice either with one of them or with a saline solution to act as a control. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj containing salt a saline substance Syn salty containing or filled with salt 2n an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water Syn|Hyper saline solution isosmotic solution, isotonic solution a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood |
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