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🔑 saltBrE /sɔːlt/, also /sɒlt/NAmE /sɔːlt/ noun🔑 [U] a white substance that is added to food to give it a better flavour or to preserve it. Salt is obtained from mines and is also found in sea water. It is sometimes called common salt to distinguish it from other chemical salts 盐；食盐 SYN sodium chloride ◆Pass the salt, please. 请把盐递过来。◆a pinch of salt (= a small amount of it) 一撮盐◆Season with salt and pepper. 放盐和胡椒粉调味。◆sea salt 海盐 ➡ see also rock salt [C] (chemistry 化学) a chemical formed from a metal and an acid 盐（金属和酸组成的化学物质）◆mineral salts 矿盐 ➡ see also Epsom salts salts [pl.] a substance that looks or tastes like salt 形状（或味道）像盐的物质◆bath salts (= used to give a pleasant smell to bath water) （放在洗澡水中使之芳香的）浴盐 ➡ see also smelling salts  ●the salt of the ˈeartha very good and honest person that you can always depend on 世上的盐，地上的盐（指善良而诚实的人）●like a dose of ˈsalts(old-fashioned, BrE, informal) very fast and easily 迅速轻易地；一下子●take sth with a pinch of ˈsaltto be careful about believing that sth is completely true 不完全相信；半信半疑●rub ˈsalt into the wound●rub ˈsalt into sb's woundsto make a difficult experience even more difficult for sb 在伤口上抹盐；使雪上加霜●ˌworth your/its ˈsaltdeserving respect, especially because you do your job well 称职；胜任◆Any teacher worth her salt knows that. 凡称职的教师都知道这一点。 🔑 saltBrE /sɔːlt/, also /sɒlt/NAmE /sɔːlt/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they salt BrE /sɔːlt/, also /sɒlt/ NAmE /sɔːlt/present simple - he / she / it salts BrE /sɔːlts/, /sɒlts/ NAmE /sɔːlts/past simple salted BrE /ˈsɔːltɪd/, /ˈsɒltɪd/ NAmE /ˈsɔːltɪd/past participle salted BrE /ˈsɔːltɪd/, /ˈsɒltɪd/ NAmE /ˈsɔːltɪd/ -ing form salting BrE /ˈsɔːltɪŋ/, /ˈsɒltɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈsɔːltɪŋ/ [usually passive] ~ sthto put salt on or in food 在（食物）中放盐◆salted peanuts 咸花生米◆a pan of boiling salted water 一锅放了盐的开水~ sth (down) to preserve food with salt 用盐腌制（食物）◆salted fish 咸鱼~ sthto put salt on roads to melt ice or snow 撒盐于…上（以使冰雪融化） ●ˌsalt sth↔aˈwayto save sth for the future, secretly and usually dishonestly （通常指以欺瞒手段）秘密贮存◆She salted away the profits in foreign bank accounts. 她把利润偷偷存在外国银行的账户上。 🔑 saltBrE /sɔːlt/, also /sɒlt/NAmE /sɔːlt/ adjective [only before noun] containing, tasting of or preserved with salt 含盐的；咸的；用盐腌制的◆salt water 海水◆salt beef 腌牛肉 |