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源自苏格兰brack(←中古荷蘭語 brac (有盐味的)) +‎ -ish。同源词包括荷蘭語 brak (有盐味的)德國低地德語 brackbrakergbrakig (有盐味的)德語 brackig (有盐味的)丹麥語 brak (有盐味的)瑞典語 bräck (有盐味的)挪威語 brakk (有盐味的)。可能是brook的远亲同源对似词。

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brackish (比較級 more brackish最高級 most brackish)

  1. (指水) 有盐味的,较的 (程度在海水与淡水之间,如在入海口的水);太咸的
    • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
      ...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...
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    • 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. 味道讨厌
  3. 恶心

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