英语释义

1. consisting of or containing salt water
saltwater lagoons a saltwater solution — compare freshwater

2. living in or taken from salt water
saltwater fish saltwater pearls

3. relating to, associated with, or suitable for salt water
a saltwater rod saltwater tales

4. water to which salt (as sodium chloride) has been added
flush the wound with salt water We think all turkeys are improved by brining (soaking in salt water), but it's a cumbersome task that few holiday schedules can accommodate.
— Gourmet

5. water (as of the ocean) that naturally contains a significant amount of salt seawater
This deck shoe uses a patented leather that's virtually immune to salt water.
— Michael Verdon also a body of salt water
We hiked on, finally reaching the island's highest point, a lookout with sweeping views far out across the salt water.
— Wendy Williams — compare fresh water

6. of, relating to, or living in salt water

7. relating to or living in salt water
a saltwater fish

片语

saltwater fish咸水鱼

salt-water system水盐体系

salt-water lock防咸水闸

salt-water wedge盐水楔

Salt-water Crocodile河口鳄

dissolve salt in water把盐溶在水里

salt-water soap翻译

英汉例句

• the sodium and chloride ions in salt water conduct electricity.

  既然盐水中的氯离子跟钠离子可导电，那么一股海水能替代一副金属天线吗？

• but the slow-moving darling is often dry, and sometimes even the perkier murray does not reach the sea. the ensuing influx of salt water at its mouth has troubled south australians ever since 1887.

  但是流速缓慢的达令河经常会干枯，导致它有时候它不能入海，从1887年到现在，它造成海水在它的河道口回流，给南澳大利亚州的人们带来了麻烦。

• if you ever happen to be in warm salt water environment (where these snails are often found) and see it, don’t even think of picking it up.

  如果你恰巧在温暖的盐水环境（通常被发现的地方）看见它，可别想到要去捡它。

• the ensuing influx of salt water at its mouth has troubled south australians ever since 1887.

  但是流速缓慢的达令河经常会干枯，导致它有时候它不能入海，从1887年到现在，它造成海水在它的河道口回流，给南澳大利亚州的人们带来了麻烦。

• museums have raised historic aircraft from salt water in good condition and at great expense only to see them crumble to white powder in a matter of months.

  博物馆，咸水状况良好。

• incidentally, if you want to eat an apple and find a worm in it (and hopefully not half a worm), you can drop it in a bowl of salt water which will kill the worm.

  顺带说一下，如果你想吃苹果然后发现里边有一条虫（希望不是半条），你可以把它扔到一碗盐水里，这样可以杀掉虫子。

• this could only have happened in fresh water ponds, salt water destroys the fatty acids, says szostak.

  绍斯塔克说这个过程只能在淡水池中发生，盐水会破坏脂肪酸。

• the sea of galilee is a unique body of water: the bottom part is salt water fed by underground springs, while the top layer is fresh water.

  加利利海是一片独一无二的水域：底部是地下泉水形成的咸水，顶层则是淡水。

• if the fresh water were to fall below a certain point, the salt water could rush upward and mix with it, taking out a water supply that is essential for israel.

  如果淡水降至某个临界点，咸水将上涌与之混合。这样以色列就会失去性命攸关的水源。

• shown here in images taken from space between 1973 and 2009, slowly but surely the aral - in fact a salt water lake - has shrunk from being the size of ireland to a cluster of contaminated ponds.

  这里呈现的拍摄于1973年至2009年间的卫星图像显示，咸海——实际上是一个咸水湖——已经缓慢但真真切切地从相当于爱尔兰国土面积的大小萎缩成了一个受污染的池塘群落。

• to find out, he immersed seeds in salt water for weeks, then planted them to see how many could sprout.

  为了找到答案，他把种子浸泡在海水中数周，然后再种植，看有多少能够发芽。

• because fresh water is lighter, care had to be taken not to draw down the lake too much in any given year lest the covering layer of fresh water becomes too light to hold the salt water down.

  因为淡水比重较轻，所以每一年从湖中取水都需要慎之又慎，否则顶层淡水过少会无法覆盖咸水。

• here in siba, across the river from abadan, the salt water is slowly destroying agriculture, the primary source of income other than oil.

  来自阿巴丹岛的河水，流过斯巴，盐水正侵蚀破坏着当地的农业，农业是该地区的主要收入来源，而不是石油。

• the marshlands in iraq have shrunk by 90% and the sea of galilee (lake kinneret) is at risk of becoming irreversibly salinised by salt water springs below it.

  伊拉克的湿地萎缩了90%，而加利利海（基内雷特湖）则面临着不可逆转的盐化。

• should you run across this tiny vividly colored octopus, you may think to grab it to take home to your salt water tank.

  当你和这个生动颜色的章鱼不期而遇时，也许你会想去把它抓回家放在你的咸水浴缸里。

• salt water has poisoned the wells and ruined grain.

  海水污染了井水也毁掉了粮食。

• conway reminded the others not to swallow; drinking salt water can cause hallucinations, even death.

  康维告诫所有人不要吞下海水，因为海中含盐，可能会引起幻觉乃至致命。