[with obj.][often as noun smelting]extract (metal) from its ore by a process involving heating and melting(smelting) 熔炼 tin smelting. 炼锌。 ■extract a metal from (ore) in this way (从矿石中)提炼金属
smelter noun smeltery ( pl. smelteries) noun(pl. smelteries) 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German smelten; related to the verb melt
smelt2
past and past participle of smell smell 的过去式和过去分词
smelt3 (复同单,或smelts)
a small silvery fish which lives in both marine and fresh water and is sometimes fished commercially, in particular 银白鱼;胡瓜鱼,尤指
a fish of the northern hemisphere (family Osmeridae: Osmerus and other genera) a fish of Australasian waters (family Retropinnidae: several genera) 生于北半球的胡瓜鱼(胡瓜鱼科: 胡瓜鱼属及其他属) 澳洲水域的逆鳍鱼(逆鳍鱼科: 数属)
语源
Old English; obscurely related to various European names of fish; compare with smolt