smelt

smelt1
verb
  1. [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
  1. mid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German smelten; related to the verb melt

smelt2
  1. past and past participle of smell
    smell 的过去式和过去分词

smelt3
(复同单,或smelts)
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. Old English; obscurely related to various European names of fish; compare with smolt
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