salt + noun
salt 作形容词时通常只放在名词前面;表示“咸的”作表语时一般用 salty。
Salt water is denser than fresh water.
咸水比淡水密度大。
腌制的;用盐保存的;被海水淹没的;生长在海水或被海水淹没的土地上的;与盐矿、开采、加工或使用有关的;含盐的,盐水的
containing salt; saline
含盐的,盐水的
Of water: containing salt, saline.
用盐处理以保存;腌制的
Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.
被海水淹没的土地、田地等
Of land, fields etc.: flooded by the sea.
生长在海中或被海水淹没的土地上的植物
Of plants: growing in the sea or on land flooded by the sea.
与盐矿、开采、加工或使用有关的
Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
After the storm, the fields were flooded with salt water.
暴风雨过后,田地被含盐的海水淹没了。
用法提示:此处 salt 是形容词,修饰 water,表示“含盐的、咸的”。
They served salt beef and boiled potatoes for dinner.
他们晚餐端上了腌牛肉和水煮土豆。
用法提示:此处 salt 是形容词,修饰 beef,表示“腌制的、用盐保存的”。
Salt marshes provide a habitat for many rare plants.
盐沼为许多珍稀植物提供了栖息地。
用法提示:此处 salt 是形容词,修饰 marshes,指被海水淹没的盐沼地。
salt 作形容词时通常只放在名词前面;表示“咸的”作表语时一般用 salty。
Salt water is denser than fresh water.
咸水比淡水密度大。
多用于 salt marshes、salt flats 等表示被海水浸淹之地或生长其上的植物的说法。
Salt marshes line the coast.
海岸边盐沼连绵。
盐腌义常以“salt- + 过去分词”构成复合形容词,中间加连字符,如 salt-cured。
We bought some salt-cured salmon.
我们买了一些盐渍三文鱼。
grammar · medium
易错句子This soup is too salt.
正确表达This soup is too salty.
中文“咸”对应英语形容词 salty;salt 作形容词主要表示“含盐的、盐水的”(如 salt water),不表示“味道咸的”。在系动词 is 后作表语描述味道要用 salty,所以 too salt 应改为 too salty。
grammar · medium
易错句子I try to avoid salt snacks.
正确表达I try to avoid salty snacks.
表示“咸的零食”时,修饰 snacks 的应是形容词 salty;salt 作形容词指“含盐的/用盐腌的”,不表示口味咸。把 salt 换成 salty 才能保留“咸的”这一原意,并符合英语搭配。
咸水;盐水
These fish can only live in salt water.
这些鱼只能生活在咸水中。
盐沼
The salt marsh is home to many birds.
这片盐沼是许多鸟类的栖息地。
盐滩;盐碱滩
The salt flats stretch for miles in the desert.
盐滩在沙漠中绵延数英里。
盐湖
The Dead Sea is a famous salt lake.
死海是一个著名的盐湖。
腌猪肉
She cooked the beans with salt pork.
她用腌猪肉煮豆子。
含盐的海水飞沫;盐雾
Salt spray from the waves covered the rocks.
海浪的盐雾覆盖了岩石。
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