salt
[NOUN, VERB]
salts
1. [U 不可数名词] 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.
双语例句
例：Season lightly with salt and pepper.
用盐和胡椒稍微调一下味。
2. [C 可数名词] 盐
Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.
双语例句
例：The rock is rich in mineral salts.
这种岩石富含矿物盐。
NOUN. 名词
take something with a pinch of salt , take something with a grain of salt
1. 对…半信半疑
If you take something with a pinch of salt or with a grain of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true.
双语例句
例：You have to take these findings with a pinch of salt because respondents tend to give the answers they feel they should.
对这些调查结果也不能全信，因为被调查者倾向于给出他们认为应该给的答案。
worth one's salt
1. 称职的 , 值得尊敬的
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.
双语例句
例：No golf teacher worth his salt would ever recommend that you grip the club tightly.
称职的高尔夫教练是不会让你紧握球杆的。
PHRASE. 习语
salts , salting , salted
1. [T 及物动词] （给食物）加盐
When you salt food, you add salt to it.
双语例句
例：Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently.
请依照个人口味在汤里加点盐，然后用文火慢炖。
VERB. 动词
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