1. 盐;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.

    e.g. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
           略微加点盐和胡椒调味。
    e.g. ...a pinch of salt.
           一撮盐

2. 给(食物)加盐
    When you salt food, you add salt to it.

    e.g. Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently.
           根据自己的口味给原汤加点盐，然后用文火慢炖。

3. 盐，盐类(酸和碱的化合物)
    Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali.

    e.g. The rock is rich in mineral salts.
           该岩石中富含矿盐。

4. see also: Epsom salts;smelling salts

5. 人中豪杰;社会中坚;吃苦耐劳的人
    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.

salt是什么意思

    e.g. Most of the people there are salt-of-the-earth, good, working-class people.
           那里的大多数人都是吃苦耐劳、心地善良的工人阶级。

6. 对…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.
           对这篇记述中那些颇具神奇色彩的部分也不应全信。

7. 称职;胜任;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.
           任何称职的教练都会采取和我一模一样的行动。

8. 往伤口上撒盐;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.

    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.
           我不想往朋友的伤口上撒盐，所以我只说我没有进行面试。

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