salt up

塩を加える

食べ物の味をよくするために塩を加える。

やさしい英語で： To add salt to food to improve its taste.

• Salt up the potatoes before serving.
• He salted up the stew at the table.
• I prefer to salt up my own food.

類義語： salt, season with salt

よく使う表現： salt up something, salt something up

塩がこびりつく

表面に塩が固くこびりつき、層になる。

やさしい英語で： To become covered with a hard layer of salt.

• Our boots salted up on the winter roads.
• The boat fittings had salted up after weeks at sea.
• These surfaces salt up whenever seawater dries on them.

類義語： become salt-encrusted

よく使う表現： salt up quickly, salt up completely

塩分が増える、塩類化する

土や水の塩分が増える。作物が育ちにくくなることもある。

やさしい英語で： For soil or water to become saltier, sometimes making it hard to grow crops.

• The soil is salting up.
• Poor drainage caused these fields to salt up.
• As the lake shrinks, its water salts up.

類義語： become saline

よく使う表現： salt up gradually, salt up badly

融雪剤をまく

雪が降る前に道に塩をまき、氷ができにくくする。

やさしい英語で： To put salt on roads or paths before snow falls, so ice is less likely to form.

• They salted up the roads overnight.
• We should salt up the path before the snow arrives.
• The council is salting up streets ahead of tonight’s freeze.

類義語： salt, grit

よく使う表現： salt up roads, salt something up