salty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++salt·y /ˈsɔːlti $ ˈsɒːlti/ ●●○ adjective 1 DFtasting of or containing salt 咸的，含盐的 a slightly salty taste 一丁点咸味 salty foods 咸味的食物► see thesaurus at taste2. American English old-fashionedRUDE/OBSCENE language, a story, or a joke that is salty is amusing and often about sex 〔语言、故事、玩笑〕不正经的，下流的
Examples from the Corpus
salty• The soup is a little too salty.• Infants show pleasure as sweetness is increased and displeasure with slightly salty, acidic, or bitter liquids.• He cut two thick slices of bread and spread yellow, salty butter over each one.• This wine would be excellent with a salty dish such as ham.• However, don't feed your feathered friends very dry bread, desiccated coconut or salty food.• The french fries were too salty for me.• She's a surprisingly salty lady.• Did you have a salty meal and therefore drink more?• Commercial sauerkraut is very salty so there is no additional salt in the recipe.• Brine shrimp thrive naturally, it is reported, in water so salty that few other forms of life exist there.salt·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
containing salt of or Corpus tasting
salty
salt‧y /ˈsɔːlti $ ˈsɒːlti/
adjective
1. tasting of or containing salt:
a slightly salty taste
salty foods
2. American English old-fashioned language, a story, or a joke that is salty is amusing and often about sex
■ describing the taste of something
▪delicious having a very good taste: This cake is delicious! | a delicious meal
▪disgusting/revolting having a very bad taste: The medicine tasted disgusting. | They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.
▪sweet tasting full of sugar: The oranges were very sweet.
▪tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour: She cooked us a simple but tasty meal. | That was really tasty!
▪sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant: The apples were a little sour. | The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.
▪tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good: The dressing was nice and tangy.
▪bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar: bitter chocolate | The medicine had rather a bitter taste. | Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
▪salty containing a lot of salt: Danish salami has a salty flavour.
▪hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices: I love hot curries. | a spicy tomato sauce
▪piquant /ˈpiːkənt/ formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather pretentious in everyday conversation: cooked vegetables in a piquant sauce
▪mild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy: a mild curry
▪bland not having an interesting taste: I found the sauce rather bland.
salt‧y /ˈsɔːlti $ ˈsɒːlti/
adjective1. tasting of or containing salt:
2. American English old-fashioned language, a story, or a joke that is salty is amusing and often about sex
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