smelt

英 [smelt]

美 [smelt]

v.  熔炼，提炼(金属)
smell的过去分词和过去式

现在分词：smelting　过去分词：smelted　过去式：smelted　复数：smelts　第三人称单数：smelts　

BNC.24671 / COCA.23291

牛津词典

verb

• 熔炼，提炼（金属）
  to heat and melt ore (= rock that contains metal) in order to obtain the metal it contains
  1. a method of smelting iron
     一种炼铁方法

柯林斯词典

• 
  Smeltis a past tense and past participle ofsmell.
• VERB 熔炼;冶炼
  Tosmelta substance containing metal means to process it by heating it until it melts, so that the metal is extracted and changed chemically.
  1. Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.
     达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

英英释义

noun

• small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
• small cold-water silvery fish

verb

• extract (metals) by heating

双语例句

• The dogs were smelling round; perhaps they smelt the thief.
  那些狗在到处嗅，也许它们嗅到了小偷的气味。
• He must have smelt the smell of jack.
  他一定闻出了杰克的味儿了。
• She smelt something burning and saw smoke rising.
  她闻到有东西在燃烧并看到有烟升起来了。
• The still air smelt faintly of furniture polish.
  凝滞的空气中隐隐有股家具上光剂的味道。
• The thin man gave me a cigar, which I smelt and then put in my pocket.
  那个瘦点的给了我一枝雪茄，我闻了闻就放进口袋。
• He said that I was a pretty girl and my cooking smelt pretty great.
  他说我是个漂亮姑娘，而且我的煮的菜闻起来相当棒。
• Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.
  锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
• Have you smelt that cheese? It's bad.
  你闻过那奶酪了吗？好像变质了。
• In the light I smelt an amazing fragrance.
  在光中我闻到了令人惊奇的芳香。
• Somehow the place even smelt wonderfully nostalgic.
  不知为什么，这个地方竟透出一种浓郁的怀旧气息。