Word · Frequency #24671
smelt
胡瓜鱼
a small silvery fish that lives in cold water and migrates between salt and fresh water
注意:smelt 也是动词“熔炼”的原形,以及 smell 的过去式和过去分词。
- 1.
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
一种小型洄游鱼,属于胡瓜鱼科
- 2.
Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
通过加热和化学还原从矿石中提取金属的过程
- 3.
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
小型冷水银色鱼类;在咸水和淡水之间迁徙
- 4.
Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
在生产过程中产生和使用的各种液体或半熔体
- 5.
small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
小型银色海洋或淡水食用鱼,类似鳟鱼,生活在寒冷的北方水域
一种小型洄游鱼,属于胡瓜鱼科;通过加热和化学还原从矿石中提取金属的过程;小型冷水银色鱼类;在咸水和淡水之间迁徙;在生产过程中产生和使用的各种液体或半熔体;小型银色海洋或淡水食用鱼,类似鳟鱼,生活在寒冷的北方水域
In use
We caught a smelt in the river and cooked it for lunch.
The restaurant serves fried smelts with lemon.
A smelt has a shiny silver body and a mild flavor.
smelt sth
smelt 作为动词时,常指熔炼矿石以提取金属。
The factory smelts iron ore.
这家工厂熔炼铁矿石。
a smelt / smelts
smelt 作名词时是可数名词,复数形式为 smelts。
We caught several smelts in the river.
我们在河里捕了几条胡瓜鱼。
smelt (past of smell) sth
smell 的过去式和过去分词与熔炼动词同形,但意义不同。
I smelt the roses in the garden.
我在花园里闻到了玫瑰花的香味。
Connections
Collocations
- rainbow smelt
- 彩虹胡瓜鱼
- The rainbow smelt migrates from the sea into freshwater rivers to spawn.彩虹胡瓜鱼从海洋洄游到淡水河流产卵。
- smelt fishing
- 胡瓜鱼捕捞
- Smelt fishing often begins when the ice starts to melt.胡瓜鱼捕捞通常在冰开始融化时开始。
- smelt run
- 胡瓜鱼洄游
- Every spring the smelt run brings thousands of fish up the river.每年春天,胡瓜鱼洄游都会带来成千上万的鱼逆流而上。
- smelt ore
- 熔炼矿石
- The factory was built to smelt ore from the nearby mine.这座工厂是为了熔炼附近矿山的矿石而建的。
- smelt copper
- 熔炼铜
- They smelt copper in a huge furnace at high temperatures.他们在大熔炉中用高温熔炼铜。
- smelting furnace
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象胡瓜鱼在熔炉里被熔炼,飘出的气味正是 smell 的过去式 smelt。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:渔业、烹饪、生物学 该词作名词指胡瓜鱼,属普通中性词,通常用于渔业、烹饪或生物学描述中。
Grammar Note
Also past tense of smell
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上 melt、belt、felt、pelt、knelt 与 smelt /smɛlt/ 押韵,结尾均为 /ɛlt/。注意 smelled /smɛld/ 拼写相近,但结尾是 /ɛld/,并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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