Smelt



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.熔解, 熔炼
• ［英］ v. 熔解, 熔炼 ( to melt or fuse to separate the metal;refine)
• ［记］ 比较: melt ( 熔化) , melt只指把东西化开, 如: The snow melted; smelt 指化开并提炼, 如: Smelt high grade tin from ores.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural smelts or smelt)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Norwegian smelte whiting
• Date: before 12th century
• any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Dutch or Low German smelten; akin to Old High German smelzan to melt, Old English meltan — more at melt
• Date: 1543
• 1. to melt or fuse (as ore) often with an accompanying chemical change usually to separate the metal
• 2. refine, reduce

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