Brackish
['brækɪʃ]
解释:
(adj.) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); 'a brackish lagoon'; 'the briny deep' .
(adj.) distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; 'a thin brackish gruel' .
克劳斯编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.
弗洛西录入
同义词及近义词:
a. Saltish, somewhat salt.
阿尔塔编辑
解释:
adj. saltish: applied to water mixed with salt or with sea-water.—n. Brack′ishness.
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例句:
- Yet she desired it, as one in a desert would be thankful for brackish water. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The water was brackish and the banks were fringed with timber. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- A neutral liquid formed as in Section 204, by the action of hydrochloric acid and the alkali solution of caustic soda, has a brackish, salty taste, and is, in fact, a solution of salt. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
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