salt away

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter. dated,transitive
  2. To save or preserve (especially money) for future use. idiomatic,transitive
    — "You have more than two thousand salted away, I know, Moses, between prize-money, wages, adventures, and other matters."

词形变化

salts away present,singular,third-person salting away participle,present salted away participle,past salted away past

词源

An allusion to the preservation of food in salt.
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