| 单词 | saltpan |
| 释义 | saltpan (once / 537242 pages) n WORD FAMILY saltpan: saltpans USAGE EXAMPLESBut in 1844, prospectors, who were looking for coal to heat saltpans, unintentionally struck even more rock salt at nearby Winsford. BBC(Feb 16, 2016) We rode motorbikes out under the stars to a nearby saltpan, where I could see the Southern Cross constellation dipping beneath the horizon. Wall Street Journal(Aug 25, 2015) The saltpans about the estuaries of the Esk and the Eden were a source of revenue in the 12th century. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) n a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake Hyper basin a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it |
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