名詞 brine:

1. water containing salts
   同義詞：seawater, saltwater
2. a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling

動詞 brine:

1. soak in brine

1. The meat marinated in the brine for two days.
   這塊肉在鹽水里泡了兩天。
2. The sea is a path meet for swift ships that traverse the brine, but bulls dread the salt sea ways.
   大海是來往于咸水之中的快艇的運動場，不是牡牛行走的地方。
3. He poured some brine into the pot.
   他往罐子里倒了一些鹽水。
4. Those are herrings pickled in brine.
   那些是用鹽水腌過的鯡魚。

brine

n.（名詞）
Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially of sodium chloride.
濃鹽水：鹽濃度飽和的水或含大量鹽的水，尤指氯化鈉含量

The water of a sea or an ocean.
海水，大洋水
A large body of salt water.
鹽湖水：巨大的鹽水體
Salt water used for preserving and pickling foods.
鹵水：用來保存或腌制食物的鹽水
v.tr.（及物動詞）
brined,brin.ing,brines
To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water.
用濃鹽水處理（浸泡）：在鹽水里浸漬、保存或腌制

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English brone
源自 古英語 brone

【引伸】
brin.er
n.（名詞）