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- most noticeable or important值得注意的; 重要的：
it succinctly covered all the salient points of the case.
它简洁地报道了事情的所有要点。
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- prominent; conspicuous显著的, 突出的; 显眼的：
it was always the salient object in my view.
我的眼里它一直是个很突出的物体。
1.2
- (of an angle) pointing outwards. The opposite of RE- ENTRANT.（角）凸出的, 凸起的。 RE-ENTRANT的反义词。
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- postpositive Heraldry (of an animal) standing on its hind legs with the forepaws raised, as if leaping【纹章】（动物）后腿站立前爪举起的。
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- a piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle凸出地; （防御工事的）凸出部分。
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- an outward bulge in a line of military attack or defence（军事进攻或防御中战线的）突出部。
派生词
salience
nounsaliency
nounsaliently
adverb词源
mid 16th cent. (as a heraldic term)： from Latin salient- 'leaping', from the verb salire. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.