salt
salt — 名詞
1. a white substance from the sea or the ground that people put on food to give it
鹽；食鹽
用於調味或保存食物的白色結晶
a white substance from the sea or the ground that people put on food to give it more flavour or to stop it from spoiling
Théo added a little salt to the soup to make it taste better.
Théo 在湯裡加了一點鹽，讓味道更好。
a little salt — common quantity collocation for uncountable noun
The recipe says to add one teaspoon of salt to the flour.
食譜上說要在麵粉裡加一茶匙的鹽。
teaspoon of salt — measure phrase
Sea water tastes bad because it contains so much salt.
海水喝起來很糟糕，因為裡面含有太多鹽。
Before fridges existed, people used salt to keep meat and fish from going bad.
在冰箱發明之前，人們用鹽來防止肉類和魚類腐壞。
- sodium chloride
the scientific name for common salt; not used in everyday speech
- table salt
salt that is ground fine and used at the dining table; a specific type of salt
- sea salt
salt obtained by evaporating sea water; often considered more natural than table salt
- sugar
a different seasoning, opposite in taste (sweet vs salty)
用法筆記
Uncountable in this sense — never a salt. In everyday English, salt usually refers to sodium chloride (table salt).
常見錯誤
2. a crystal-like substance produced by combining an acid with a metallic element o
鹽類；化學鹽
酸與金屬或鹼反應生成的化合物
a crystal-like substance produced by combining an acid with a metallic element or an alkaline compound
In the lab, Cyrus mixed hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide to produce a white salt.
在實驗室裡，Cyrus 將鹽酸和氫氧化鈉混合，產生了一種白色的鹽。
acid + base → salt — chemical reaction formation
Manuela learned that ordinary table salt is just one kind of chemical salt.
Manuela 學到一般的食鹽只是一種化學鹽類。
one kind of chemical salt — countable usage
Different metal salts create bright colours when you heat them in a flame.
不同種類的金屬鹽在火焰中加熱時會產生鮮豔的顏色。
Justin wrote down the name of each salt that formed during the experiment.
Justin 寫下了實驗中形成的每一種鹽的名稱。
- compound
broader term; all salts are compounds, but not all compounds are salts
- crystalline solid
describes the physical form many salts take; more descriptive than a true synonym
用法筆記
Countable — you can say a salt or salts when referring to different chemical compounds. Common in chemistry textbooks and lab instructions.
常見錯誤
salt — 形容詞
1. containing salt, or preserved with salt so that it stays fresh longer
含鹽；鹽漬
含有鹽或用鹽保存的
containing salt, or preserved with salt so that it stays fresh longer
The doctor told Daichi to avoid salt crackers because of his blood pressure.
醫生告訴 Daichi 因為血壓問題要避免吃鹹餅乾。
salt crackers — savoury food product
Anjali bought salt butter for baking the cookies.
Anjali 買了含鹽奶油來烤餅乾。
salt butter — common grocery item
The market sells salt fish that people soak in fresh water before cooking.
市場有賣鹽漬魚，烹調前要先泡在清水裡。
Salt water from the ocean is not safe to drink.
來自海洋的鹽水不適合飲用。
用法筆記
Used before a noun to describe salt content. Do not confuse with salty, which describes the taste of something (e.g. 'This soup is too salty').
常見錯誤
salt — 動詞
1. to put salt onto or into food, usually to improve its flavour
加鹽；調味
在食物上撒鹽或加鹽調味
to put salt onto or into food, usually to improve its flavour
Selim salted the pasta water before adding the noodles.
Selim 在煮麵的水裡加了鹽，然後才放入麵條。
salt + food + water — typical cooking pattern
The recipe says to salt the chicken an hour before you roast it.
食譜上說要在烤雞前一小時先用鹽醃過。
You should salt the vegetables after they finish cooking, not before.
蔬菜應該在煮好之後才加鹽，而不是煮之前。
Eshe forgot to salt the soup, so the flavour was quite flat.
Eshe 忘了在湯裡加鹽，所以味道很平淡。
- desalinate
to remove salt from water; the opposite process, rarely used for food
用法筆記
Transitive — always takes a direct object (the food being salted). Common in recipes and cooking instructions.