salt
noun uk/sɒlt/ us/sɑːlt/
(FOOD)
A1 [ U ]盐，食盐
a common white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used especially to add flavour to food or to preserve it
salt and pepper 盐和胡椒粉
Can you pass the salt, please? 请把盐递过来好吗？
Add a pinch of (= small amount of) salt to the sauce. 往酱汁里加点儿盐。
- More examples
- The sauce needs a little salt.
- Most snack foods are high in salt.
- People generally eat far too much salt in their diet.
- I very rarely add salt to food.
- You mustn't add salt to babies' food.
(CHEMICAL)
[ C ] chemistry specialized（化学）盐
a chemical substance that is a combination of a metal or a base with an acid
Potassium nitrate and potassium chloride are potassium salts. 硝酸钾、氯化钾都是钾盐。
Idioms
add salt to somethingidiom UK old-fashioned 使（某一主题或对话）更有趣
If you add salt to a subject or conversation, you make it more interesting.
You can be sure she'll always add salt to the conversation! 你大可放心，她总能够让对话更有趣。
be the salt of the earthidiom 是诚实善良的人
If you say that someone is the salt of the earth, you mean that they are a very good and honest person.
take something with a pinch of saltidiom UK (US take something with a grain of salt) 对…半信半疑，对…有所怀疑
to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate. 你不能完全相信她的话，她总是喜欢夸大其词。
salt
adjective [ before noun ] uk/sɒlt/ us/sɑːlt/
含盐的;用盐腌的
containing or preserved in salt
salt water 盐水
salt cod/pork 腌鳕鱼／猪肉
salt
verb [ T ] uk/sɒlt/ us/sɑːlt/
给…加盐，用盐给…调味
to add salt to or put salt on something
Don't forget to salt the potatoes. 不要忘了往土豆里加盐。
When it's icy, the city salts the roads to thaw the ice. 结冰时，这座城市里的道路上会撒上盐来化冰。
Phrasal verb
salt something away 秘密储存（常指钱）
to save something, often money, secretly
He salted away a fortune over the years and no one ever knew! 这些年他偷偷地存了一大笔钱却没人知道！