smelt
smelt 英 [smelt] 美 [smɛlt]
vt. 熔炼，冶炼；精炼 n. 香鱼；胡瓜鱼 vi. 熔炼，精炼
进行时:smelting 过去式:smelted 过去分词:smelted 第三人称单数:smelts 名词复数:smelts
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- vt. 熔炼，冶炼；精炼
- n. 香鱼；胡瓜鱼
- vi. 熔炼，精炼
- v. 闻（smell的过去式和过去分词）
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1. My cat started off as soon as he smelt the little dog.
我的猫咪一闻到小狗身上的气味便马上跳开跑掉了。
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2. The rain had cleared the air, and the grass smelt fresh and sweet.
雨水净化了空气， 青草闻起来清新芳香。
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3. State authorities have ordered cutbacks in deliveries of water from the delta because of the threat to endangered species of salmon and smelt.
由于鲑鱼和胡瓜鱼这些濒危物种受到威胁，国家当局已经要求消减从该三角洲往外输水的量。
- smelt (n.) Old English smelt "sardine, small salmon-like sea fish," cognate with Dutch smelt "sand eel," Danish smelt (c. 1600). OED notes that it has a peculiar odor (but doesn't suggest a connection with smell); Klein suggests a connection with the way the fish melts in one's mouth. Century Dictionary speculates it means "smooth" and compares Old English smeolt, smylt "serene, smooth." Watkins says from PIE root *mel- (1) "soft."
- smelt (v.) mid-15c. (implied in smelter), from Dutch or Low German smelten, from Proto-Germanic *smelt- (source also of Old High German smelzan, German schmelzen "to melt"), from PIE *smeld-, variant of PIE root *mel- (1) "soft." Thus the word is related to melt (v.). Related: Smelted; smelting.
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