salted

1. N-UNCOUNT 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. 食盐

Season lightly with salt and pepper. 用盐和胡椒稍微调一下味。

2. V-T When you salt food, you add salt to it. (给食物) 加盐

Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently. 按照你的口味在原汤里加盐，然后用文火慢炖。

3. saltedADJ 加了盐的

Put a pan of salted water on to boil. 把一锅加了盐的水放上去煮沸。

4. N-COUNT Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali. 盐

The rock is rich in mineral salts. 这种岩石富含矿物盐。

5. PHRASE If you take something with a grain of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true. 对…半信半疑

You have to take these findings with a grain of salt because respondents tend to give the answers they feel they should. 你必须对这些结果有所保留，因为调查对象们倾向于给出他们认为应该给的答案。

6. PHRASE 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. 称职的; 值得尊敬的

No golf teacher worth his salt would ever recommend that you grip the club tightly. 没有哪位称职的高尔夫教练会建议你紧紧地握住球杆。