the Great Salt Lake
/ðə ˌɡreɪt sɔːlt ˈleɪk/, /ðə ˌɡreɪt sɒlt ˈleɪk/
/ðə ˌɡreɪt sɔːlt ˈleɪk/
- a large shallow lake in the US state of Utah whose water is saltier than seawater. It is the largest salt lake in North America, about 72 miles/116 kilometres long and 30 miles/48 kilometres wide. Industry takes salt and other minerals from it. Five miles south-east of the lake is Salt Lake City. To the west is the Great Salt Lake Desert with the Bonneville Salt Flats where drivers have established the highest speeds on land.
大盐湖：美国犹他州的一个大型浅湖，其水比海水的咸。它是北美最大的盐湖，长约72英里/ 116公里，宽30英里/ 48公里。工业从中获取盐和其他矿物质。湖东南五英里处是盐湖城。向西是大盐湖沙漠和邦纳维尔盐沼，那里的驾驶员在陆地上行驶速度最高。