brackish

英 [ˈbrækɪʃ]

美 [ˈbrækɪʃ]

adj.  咸的; 太咸的

GRE机械

BNC.26170 / COCA.21865

牛津词典

adj.

• 咸的；太咸的
  salty in an unpleasant way
  1. brackish lakes/lagoons/marshes
     咸水湖 / 舄湖 / 沼泽

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (水）稍咸的，味道不好的
  Brackishwater is slightly salty and unpleasant.
  1. ...shallow pools of brackish water.
     浅的咸水池

英英释义

adj

• slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
  1. a brackish lagoon
  2. the briny deep
  Synonym:briny
• distasteful and unpleasant
  1. a thin brackish gruel

双语例句

• Occurs in brackish waters of tidal creeks and river mouths, usually among mangroves.
  出现于潮汐小溪与河口的半咸淡水域，通常在红树林之中。
• One time-tested but expensive way to produce drinking water is desalination: removing dissolved salts from sea and brackish water.
  通过了时间检验但造价昂贵的淡水制造方法是去盐作用：去掉溶解过后的盐水和海水当中的盐分。
• Principal application of reverse osmosis has been in desalting brackish waters for domestic consumption.
  反渗透主要应用于生活用含盐水的脱盐。
• Among those options is the development of new water resources such as brackish water.
  在那些选择之中是新水源的发展譬如微咸的水。
• Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas.
  咸水水域通常只能存活为数不多的几种动物。
• A small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers.
  生长于北美海岸和微咸沼泽的小型肉质草本植物，花为粉红色或白色。
• This kind of operation works best in brackish water.
  这种生产方法最宜于微咸水。
• To some extent, soil water repellency was caused after irrigated by brackish water.
  微咸水入渗后土壤产生了一定的斥水性。
• Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.
  北美洲各种可食用蹼足龟，栖息在淡水或半盐水中。
• The images show what appears to be brackish water seeping from beneath the Martian surface.
  图片显示有咸水样的东西从火星地表下面渗出来。