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

• This brackish water isn't much good for drinking.
  这略咸的水不太适合饮用。
• Gars are confined chiefly to fresh water, though some species enter brackish or salt water.
  主要栖于淡水，但有的种可降入半咸水甚至咸水。
• Effects of deficit irrigation with brackish water on soil water-salt distribution and winter wheat yield
  微咸水非充分灌溉对土壤水盐分布与冬小麦产量的影响
• 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。
• 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。
• Our systems can be used for various applications including seawater, brackish water and waste water.
  我们的系统可应用于多个领域，包括海水、苦咸水和废水等。
• But the water was brackish.
  可是那水是咸的。
• Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
  内陆的池塘和沼泽或含盐的礁湖地域生活的长腿、三趾、黑白色的涉水鸟。
• Effects of brackish water irrigation on soil and crop under different groundwater depths
  地下水作用下微咸水灌溉对土壤及作物的影响
• 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。