smelt

• vt. 熔煉，冶煉；精煉
• n. 香魚；胡瓜魚
• vi. 熔煉，精煉
• v. 聞（smell的過去式和過去分詞）

來自低地德語 smelten,熔化，熔煉，來自 Proto-Germanic*smeltana,熔化，融化，來自 PIE*smeld, 熔化，融化，詞源同 melt,meld.引申詞義提煉金屬。

smelt

smelt: see melt

smelt (v.)

mid-15c. (implied in smelter), from Dutch or Low German smelten, from Proto-Germanic *smelt- (cognates: Old High German smelzan, German schmelzen "to melt"), from PIE *smeld-, variant of *mel- "soft." Thus the word is from a variant of the stem of Old English meltan "to melt" (see melt (v.)). Related: Smelted; smelting.

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."

1. The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains.

火車站上有衝鼻的貓味和臭水溝味。

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2. He smelt the reek of whisky.

他身上一股威士忌味。

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3. Somehow the place even smelt wonderfully nostalgic.

不知為什麽，這個地方竟透出一種濃鬱的懷舊氣息。

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4. The still air smelt faintly of furniture polish.

凝滯的空氣中隱隱有股家具上光劑的味道。

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5. Her hair smelt of lilac.

她的頭發散發出丁香花的香味。

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