brackish

a. 有盐味的, 令人不快的 [机] 微有碱味的

发音

US /ˈbɹækɪʃ/

词形变化

more brackish 比较级 most brackish 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.

    汽水

    半海水

    1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4. On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House. The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.

  2. 2.

    Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.

  3. 3.

    Repulsive

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

briny

近义相关 2

salty unpalatable

相关短语

brackish water brackish waters

词源

From Scottish brack (from Middle Dutch brac (“brackish”)) + -ish. Cognate with Dutch brak (“brackish”), German Low German brack, brakerg, brakig (“brackish”), German brackig (“brackish”), Danish brak (“brackish”), Swedish bräck (“brackish”), Norwegian brakk (“brackish”). Perhaps a distant doublet of brook.

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