salt 1 S2 W3 / sɔlt $ sɒlt / 名词

1 [不可数名词] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it :

This might need some salt and pepper.

a pinch of salt (= a very small amount )

Could you pass the salt?

2 the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary but good and honest

3 take something with a pinch/grain of salt informal to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth :

Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.

4 [可数名词] technical a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base

→ Epsom salts , smelling salts , old salt , → rub salt into sb’s wounds at rub 1 ( 7 ) , → worth his/her salt at worth 1 ( 10 )