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brine 音标拼音: [br'ɑɪn]
n. 盐水,海水,海
vt. 浸入盐水 盐水,海水,海浸入盐水 brine n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater" [synonym: {seawater}, {saltwater}, {brine}] [ant: {fresh water}, {freshwater}] 2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling v 1: soak in brine Brine \Brine\, v. t.
1. To steep or saturate in brine. [1913 Webster] 2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay. [1913 Webster] Brine \Brine\, n. [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See {Burn}.] 1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters. [1913 Webster] 2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. [1913 Webster] Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness. [1913 Webster] What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for Rosaline! --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Brine fly} (Zool.), a fly of the genus {Ephydra}, the larv[ae] of which live in artificial brines and in salt lakes. {Brine gauge}, an instrument for measuring the saltness of a liquid. {Brine pan}, a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed by cristallization. {Brine pit}, a salt spring or well, from which water is taken to be boiled or evaporated for making salt. {Brine pump} (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom. {Brine shrimp}, {Brine worm} (Zool.), a phyllopod crustacean of the genus {Artemia}, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See {Artemia}. {Brine spring}, a spring of salt water. {Leach brine} (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again. [1913 Webster]
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