briny [noun]
常用于描述海水或微咸水体。
They sailed through the briny water.
他们航行在微咸的水域中。
难以相处的；尖刻的；属于、关于、类似或含有盐水(如海水或眼泪)的；咸的。；指人:难以相处或难以让人喜欢的；尖刻、刻薄、不讨人喜欢的。；盐水似的；海水似的
salty or containing brine, like seawater
属于、关于、类似或含有盐水(如海水或眼泪)的；咸的。
Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.
指人:难以相处或难以让人喜欢的；尖刻、刻薄、不讨人喜欢的。
Of a person: difficult to get along with or to like; acerbic, prickly, unlikable.
The briny flavor of the oysters reminded me of the ocean.
牡蛎微咸的味道让我想起了大海。
用法提示：形容词，修饰味道，表示微咸的
We could smell the briny sea air from our hotel balcony.
从酒店阳台上我们能闻到带有咸味的海风。
用法提示：形容词，修饰空气，表示带有咸味的
The estuary's briny water supports a unique ecosystem.
河口微咸的水域支持着独特的生态系统。
用法提示：形容词，修饰水，表示微咸的
常用于描述海水或微咸水体。
They sailed through the briny water.
他们航行在微咸的水域中。
The lagoon is briny from the mixture.
由于海水和淡水的混合，这片环礁湖是微咸的。
用于描述食物或水的味道。
The oyster tastes briny and fresh.
这只牡蛎尝起来带咸味且新鲜。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has a briny idea.
正确表达He has a brainy idea.
briny意为微咸的，而brainy意为聪明的。两者发音相近，易混淆，此处应使用brainy表示聪明。
grammar · medium
易错句子The sauce tastes too brine.
正确表达The sauce tastes too briny.
brine是名词，意为盐水；briny是形容词，意为微咸的。描述味道时应用形容词briny。
'briny' 强调海水或盐水般的咸味，而 'brackish' 则特指淡水和海水混合的微咸水，常用于描述河口或沼泽。
'briny' 指略带咸的（如咸淡水混合），而 'salty' 通常指含有较多盐分的，咸度较高。
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