1. 鹽;食鹽 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.
e.g. Season lightly with salt and pepper. 略微加點(diǎn)鹽和胡椒調(diào)味。 e.g. ...a pinch of salt. 一撮鹽
2. 給(食物)加鹽 When you salt food, you add salt to it.
e.g. Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently. 根據(jù)自己的口味給原湯加點(diǎn)鹽，然后用文火慢燉。
salted Put a pan of salted water on to boil. 將一鍋鹽水放上去煮。 ...lightly salted butter. 加了少許鹽的黃油
3. 鹽，鹽類(酸和堿的化合物) Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.
e.g. The rock is rich in mineral salts. 該巖石中富含礦鹽。
4. see also: Epsom salts;smelling salts
5. 人中豪杰;社會中堅(jiān);吃苦耐勞的人 If you describe someone as the salt of the earth, you have a lot of respect for them as the type of person who deals with difficult or demanding situations without making any unnecessary fuss.
e.g. Most of the people there are salt-of-the-earth, good, working-class people. 那里的大多數(shù)人都是吃苦耐勞、心地善良的工人階級。
6. 對…半信半疑;不完全相信 If you take something with a pinch of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true.
e.g. The more miraculous parts of this account should be taken with a pinch of salt. 對這篇記述中那些頗具神奇色彩的部分也不應(yīng)全信。
7. 稱職;勝任;值得尊敬 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.
e.g. Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did. 任何稱職的教練都會采取和我一模一樣的行動。
8. 往傷口上撒鹽;雪上加霜;落井下石 If someone or something rubs salt into the wound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults.
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e.g. I had no intention of rubbing salt into a friend's wounds, so all I said was that I did not give interviews. 我不想往朋友的傷口上撒鹽，所以我只說我沒有進(jìn)行面試。