1 N-UNCOUNT 盐;食盐 Salt is a strong-tasting substance, in the form of white powder or crystals, which is used to improve the flavour of food or to preserve it. Salt occurs naturally in sea water. 盐;食盐
SYN seasoning, sodium chloride, table salt, rock salt
2 VERB 给(食物)加盐 When you salt food, you add salt to it. 给(食物)加盐
SYN add salt to, flavour with salt
3 N-COUNT [usually plural] 盐，盐类(酸和碱的化合物) Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali. 盐，盐类(酸和碱的化合物)
SYN substance
4 See also: Epsom salts smelling salts
5 PHRASE [oft verb-link PHRASE] 人中豪杰;社会中坚;吃苦耐劳的人 If you describe someone as the salt of the earth, you have a lot of respect for them as the type of person who deals with difficult or demanding situations without making any unnecessary fuss. 人中豪杰;社会中坚;吃苦耐劳的人
6 PHRASE 对…半信半疑;不完全相信 If you take something with a pinch of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true. 对…半信半疑;不完全相信
7 PHRASE 称职;胜任;值得尊敬 If you say, for example, that any doctor worth his or her salt would do something, you mean that any doctor who was good at his or her job or who deserved respect would do it. 称职;胜任;值得尊敬
8 PHRASE 往伤口上撒盐;雪上加霜;落井下石 If someone or something rubs salt into the wound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults. 往伤口上撒盐;雪上加霜;落井下石
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I had no intention of rubbing salt into a friend's wounds, so all I said was that I did not give interviews.
我不想往朋友的伤口上撒盐，所以我只说我没有进行面试。
SYN make something worse, add insult to injury, fan the flames, aggravate matters
| Word Partnership | Use salt with: |
| VERB. | add salt, season with salt, sprinkle salt, taste salt 1 |
| N. | salt air, salt and pepper, pinch of salt, teaspoon of salt 1 |
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