smelt

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）

中文词源

smelt 熔炼，提炼金属

来自低地德语 smelten,熔化，熔炼，来自 Proto-Germanic*smeltana,熔化，融化，来自 PIE*smeld, 熔化，融化，词源同 melt,meld.引申词义提炼金属。

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. melt => smelt.2. smell => smelt.

1. The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains.: 火车站上有冲鼻的猫味和臭水沟味。

3. 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。