| 单词 | brine |
| 释义 | brine (once / 2305 pages) nv Water that contains salt is called brine. You can always tell when you are close to the ocean, because you can smell the brine and hear the sea gulls. Brine is also a salty solution used to pickle or preserve foods. If you want to make pickles, you have to soak cucumbers in brine for several days or even weeks before canning them. As a verb, brine means to soak in a salty solution. If you live in the southern United States, you might brine watermelon rind and okra, which may sound strange to someone from Michigan's Upper Peninsula who's more familiar with brining eggs. WORD FAMILYbrine: brined, brines, brining, briny+/briny: brinier, briniest, brininess USAGE EXAMPLES“Deli is about brining … patience … preservation, not just of meat but of tradition,” Dell wrote. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Brine the roast first if possible; it really helps with the lean pork, adding a subtle sweetness with the sugar and spice-flavored brine. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) The skin is textbook crisp — chicken brittle, if you will — and the meat benefits from a buttermilk brine that includes more Ethiopian spices. Washington Post(Dec 10, 2016) 1n a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling Hyper solution a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution 2n water containing salts Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper saltwater, seawater fresh water, freshwater water that is not salty red tide seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin H2O, water binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent 3v soak in brine Hyper douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse cover with liquid; pour liquid onto |
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