| 单词 | brackish |
| 释义 | brackish (once / 6163 pages) adj Something that is brackish is unpleasant and harsh, like the coffee you left on too long or the water in a muddy pond. The adjective brackish has roots in the Dutch word brac, meaning salty, and the word is used literally to describe water that is salty. You’ll often find brackish water in areas where salty seawater mixes with freshwater, such as "the brackish water of a Louisiana bayou." The word can be used more generally, however, to describe something that is distasteful and harsh, not just salty. When used in this way you’ll still most likely hear the term applied to liquids, such as a brackish tea that makes you wrinkle your nose when you taste it. WORD FAMILYbrackish: brackishness USAGE EXAMPLESSWANSEA, Wales — From the brackish, brown water of the bay, Swansea’s past fortunes are plain to see. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) “No wake signs” warn cars to slow to a crawl so the brackish water does not inundate lawns. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) That signal slowly changes to the chemical signature of the more brackish river mouth, where the fish stop on their seaward migration. Nature(Nov 10, 2016) 1adj slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) a brackish lagoon Syn briny salty containing or filled with salt 2adj distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture a thin brackish gruel Syn unpalatable not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind |
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