例句:Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.例句:He salted away most of the profit from the business.
这是近几年高考阅读理解中考查的高频词汇,无论是高一新生,还高二,乃至高三第一轮复习都可以拿去“查缺补漏!1. alter v. 改变,变更2. burst vi./n. 突然发生,爆裂3. dispose vi. 除掉;处置;解决;处理(of)4. blast n.
early 14c., “unmarried,” from Old French sengle, sangle “alone, unaccompanied;simple, unadorned,” from Latin singulus “one, one to each, individual, separate” , from PIE semgolo‑, suffixed form of root sem- “one;as one, together with.”