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

• He smelt the food carefully.
  他认真地闻了闻食品。
• 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。
• Then, there was nothing to be smelt but rum and sugar.
  再下去，除了朗姆酒和糖的气味外，再也闻不到别的气味了。
• I smelt out a secret.
  我觉察到了一件秘密。
• I seem to have smelt a kind of aroma.
  我好像闻到了一股香味。
• The air, too, smelt more freshly than down beside the marsh.
  这里的空气也比下面沼泽地旁清新多了。
• The dog had smelt a rabbit.
  狗嗅到了兔子的气味。
• 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。
• Try some more. I smelt the savor in the air.
  多试些。我闻到空气的香味了。
• 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。