单词 | salt-pond |
释义 | salt-pondn. A natural or artificial pond into which sea-water is run in order to be evaporated: cf. salt-pan n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > salt or soda lake salinec1450 salt-pan1494 pan1573 salt-wich1610 salina1697 salt-pond1697 salt lake1763 natron lake1821 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 shott1878 soda pan1976 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > saline depression salinec1450 pan1494 salt-pan1494 salt-wich1610 salina1697 salt-pond1697 playa1854 sabkha1878 shor1888 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 49 On the South side..is a good Salt-pond, where Dutch Sloops come for Salt. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 69 We..sent an Officer on shore to the salt-pond..to procure a quantity of salt. 1836 Earl Carnarvon Portugal & Gallicia II. 38 The salt-ponds, which are situated in the immediate neighbourhood of the sea. 1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 48 The many ‘salt ponds’ [Note, Brackish inlets or salt-water lakes] adjacent to the African coast line. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1697 |
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