| 单词 |
brackishness |
| 释义 |
ˈbrackishness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being salty or brackish; also fig.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. Ep. Ded. 5 The bitter fountaine Exampeus..with its brackishnes marreth the sweete river Hipanis. a1631Donne Biathan. 175 Some of those acts of ours..may at the first Tast have some of the Brackishnes of Sin. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 13 Their Cisterns preserve water (without the least brackishness) always sweet. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 694 Spirituous liquors..used to correct the brackishness of the water. |

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