The San Francisco Bay salt flats pictured above have been used for commercial salt production for over a century.

上图中的旧金山湾(San Francisco Bay)盐滩曾经出产了将近一个世纪之久的商品盐。

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For more than a century, the bay has been home to industrial salt-harvesting ponds.

一个多世纪以来，这个海湾一直是一大片晾晒工业盐的池塘。

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I sat there with sailors who drank of two different coloured wines, and ate bread made of barley, and little salt fish served in bay leaves with vinegar.

在那里，我同水手们一起坐饮双色美酒，吞食大麦面包，还有那盛在月桂叶子上蘸醋的小咸鱼。

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Close by, a deer picked its delicate way through the campground's tall grasses, and the breeze smelled of salt and bay leaves.

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The Republican victory was also tempered by Democratic wins in conservative pockets of the state, including the hills and hollows of the south-west and the quiet coves and salt marshes of Chesapeake Bay.

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Add the bay leaf and thyme, a scant tablespoon kosher salt, and 15 or 20 black peppercorns.

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