saltie

发音

AU

词形变化

salties 复数 salties

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A saltwater crocodile.

    澳大利亚 非正式

    1998, Romulus Whitaker, Zai Whitaker, Crocodile Fever: Wildlife Adventures in New Guinea, Orient Longman, India, page 8, ‘Salties’ typically live in and around the coastal mangroves but are not uncommon hundreds of kilometres inland. A saltie grows to around seven metres in length and is the main Asian crocodile responsible for attacks on humans.

  2. 2.

    An ocean-going ship that enters the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway.

    加拿大 美国 航海 交通

    Ah, but when will the first oceangoing boat arrive [in Duluth, Minnesota]? . . . In 2015, the first saltie to arrive was the Malta-flagged Kom, which arrived April 13 with a Bulgarian crew to load durum wheat headed for Italy.

  3. 3.

    The saltwater fluke or dab.

词源

From salt + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

来源：wiktionary