a compound with particular chemical properties including turning litmus blue and neutralizing or effervescing with acids; typically, a caustic or corrosive substance of this kind such as lime or soda
碱。常与<Bold>ACID</Bold>相对;比较<Bold>BASE</Bold>.
[as modifier]
〈主北美〉 碱的。
"late Middle English (denoting a saline substance derived from the ashes of various plants, including glasswort): from medieval Latin, from Arabic