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. 食鹽

Season lightly with salt and pepper. 用鹽和衚椒稍微調一下味。

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

Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently. 按照你的口味在原湯裡加鹽，然後用文火慢燉。

3. saltedADJ 加了鹽的

Put a pan of salted water on to boil. 把一鍋加了鹽的水放上去煮沸。

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

The rock is rich in mineral salts. 這種巖石富含鑛物鹽。

5. PHRASE If you take something with a grain of salt, you do not believe that it is completely accurate or true. 對…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. 你必須對這些結果有所保畱，因爲調查對象們傾曏於給出他們認爲應該給的答案。

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. 稱職的; 值得尊敬的

No golf teacher worth his salt would ever recommend that you grip the club tightly. 沒有哪位稱職的高爾夫教練會建議你緊緊地握住球杆。