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brackish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++brack·ish /ˈbrækɪʃ/ adjective  SGbrackish water is not pure because it is slightly salty 〔水〕微咸的,略含盐分的
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brackishA layer of photosynthetic bacteria lives permanently on the boundary between brackish and highly saline water.All these tropical areas have their own brackish flora and fauna, but few if any are known in the trade.Although most of the levels are freshwater, some are brackish in their more southerly parts.Fresh or brackish lakes and lagoons, usually reed-fringed, also marshes.These fishes do best in brackish or salt water.My brackish water tank is built into a wall.They hunt for camel meat by putting land mines around the region's brackish waterholes.Amazon and others World-wide examples of these brackish waters abound.
Origin brackish (1500-1600) Dutch brac salty
brack·ish adjectiveChineseSyllable
salty is pure because not brackish water Corpus is slightly it


brackish
brackish /ˈbrækɪʃ/ adjective
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Dutch
 Origin: brac 'salty'
brackish water is not pure because it is slightly salty


brack·ishBrE /ˈbrækɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbrækɪʃ/ 🔊 adjective(of water ) salty in an unpleasant way 咸的;太咸的brackish lakes/lagoons/marshes 咸水湖/潟湖/沼泽