salt
释义
A white crystalline substance (sodium chloride) used to season and preserve food.
盐,食盐(氯化钠),用于给食物调味和保存。
To add salt to food, or to treat something with salt (e.g. to melt ice on roads).
给食物加盐;用盐处理某物(如撒盐融化路面的冰)。
词根拆分
词根派生salt 是这个词根的日耳曼语形式,是拉丁语 sāl 的直系表亲。它不需要前缀——它本身就是「盐」这种物质的赤裸词,是整个 salty / saline / salary 家族的源头。
词根 sal 还连着 9 个词为什么是这个意思
因为盐能保存食物、又曾经珍贵,它留下了一串习语:'take something with a pinch of salt' 意为半信半疑地对待;'the salt of the earth' 形容朴实可靠、心地善良的人;'rub salt in the wound' 意为往伤口上撒盐、雪上加霜。
常用搭配
- 1.salt and pepper盐和胡椒
- 2.a pinch of salt一小撮盐
- 3.sea salt海盐
- 4.salt intake盐的摄入量
- 5.table salt食用盐
例句
- 1.
Could you pass the salt? This soup needs a little more.
能把盐递给我吗?这汤还需要再加一点。
- 2.
She salted the pasta water before adding the noodles.
她在下面条前先给煮面的水加了盐。
- 3.
The crews salt the roads whenever ice is forecast overnight.
每当预报夜间结冰,工人们就会给道路撒盐。
- 4.
Take his promises with a pinch of salt — he often forgets them.
对他的承诺要半信半疑——他常常忘得一干二净。