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brackish + noun
brackish 作定语时常修饰 water、marsh 等词，表示略带咸味的水域。
Many plants cannot survive in brackish water.
许多植物无法在微咸水中存活。
微咸的；略带咸味的
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微咸的；略带咸味的
slightly salty, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water
Many plants cannot survive in brackish water.
许多植物无法在微咸水中存活。
多用于 brackish water（微咸水）
(水)微咸的,略带咸味的,如河口处淡水和海水混合的水。
Of water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
难吃的；令人不快的；不对味的。
Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
令人厌恶的；令人作呕的。
Repulsive.
The water in this lagoon is brackish because it mixes with seawater.
这个泻湖的水是微咸的，因为它与海水混合。
Some plants grow well in the brackish water near the coast.
有些植物在海岸附近的微咸水中长得很好。
The old well became brackish after the flood, so we stopped drinking from it.
洪水过后，这口老井的水变咸了，所以我们不再喝它的水。
brackish 作定语时常修饰 water、marsh 等词，表示略带咸味的水域。
Many plants cannot survive in brackish water.
许多植物无法在微咸水中存活。
become 或 turn 表示由不咸变为微咸，强调状态变化。
As the river meets the sea, the water becomes brackish.
当河水流向大海时，水变得微咸。
taste 是感官系动词，后面直接接形容词，说明某物尝起来的味道。
The broth tasted slightly brackish even though no salt was added.
肉汤尝起来略带咸味，尽管没有加盐。
Not this
This dish is too brackish.
Use this
This dish is too salty.
brackish 主要用于描述微咸的水（如半咸水），不用于表示食物太咸。表达食物过咸时，应使用 salty。
Not this
I don't like the brackish of this water.
Use this
I don't like the brackishness of this water.
brackish 是形容词，不能直接作名词。表示"微咸"的性质或程度时，需使用名词形式 brackishness（或 saltiness）。
Not this
The water tastes brackishly.
Use this
The water tastes brackish.
taste 是感官系动词，后面应接形容词作表语，而不是副词。brackish 是形容词，brackishly 是副词，因此这里要用 brackish。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
微咸水
The river becomes brackish water near the sea.
这条河在靠近大海的地方变成了微咸水。
半咸水潟湖
Herons live in the brackish lagoon.
苍鹭栖息在微咸的潟湖中。
微咸沼泽
These reeds grow in brackish marshes along the coast.
这些芦苇生长在沿海的微咸沼泽中。
微咸味
The soup had a slightly brackish taste.
这汤有一点微咸味。
微咸河口
Brackish estuaries support unique species.
微咸的河口滋养着独特的物种。
Kittie乐队《Brackish》：“女人和孩子都一样／她们紧张起来时都那么令人不快。”
The water in the lagoon was brackish, so nobody wanted to drink it.
泻湖里的水微咸，所以没人想喝。
Use brackish naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆：brackish 和 blackish 只差 r，想象河口微咸的水带泥沙，颜色略黑、味道难喝，r 像一粒盐。
语域：neutral 常见场景：environmental science reports、estuary and wetland descriptions、aquarium care guides brackish 通常用于描述海水与淡水混合的水体（如河口、沼泽），语气中性偏正式，多出现在环境科学、地理或水族养殖等说明性文本中；日常口语中用得不多。
Only blackish truly rhymes with brackish (/ˈbrækɪʃ/). Bracken and bracket are spelling lookalikes that sound different: bracken ends in /ən/, and bracket ends in /ɪt/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.