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[metal] smelter
在 smelter 前加金属名称，表示专门冶炼该金属的工厂。
The town's economy depended on the local copper smelter.
该镇的经济依赖当地的铜冶炼厂。
冶炼厂；冶金厂
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冶炼厂；冶金厂
an industrial plant for smelting
The town's economy depended on the local copper smelter.
该镇的经济依赖当地的铜冶炼厂。
从事冶炼工作的人。
A person employed to do smelting.
用于冶炼金属的机器。
A machine used to smelt metal.
进行冶炼的地方。
A place where smelting is done.
The new smelter processes copper ore from the nearby mines.
这家新冶炼厂加工来自附近矿山的铜矿石。
Many people in the region find work at the aluminum smelter.
这个地区的许多人在铝冶炼厂找到工作。
The smelter releases steam into the air all day.
冶炼厂整天向空气中排放蒸汽。
在 smelter 前加金属名称，表示专门冶炼该金属的工厂。
The town's economy depended on the local copper smelter.
该镇的经济依赖当地的铜冶炼厂。
表示在某冶炼厂工作时，介词用 at。
She worked at a smelter for ten years.
她在冶炼厂工作了十年。
smelter 作主语时，可搭配表示生产或排放的动词。
The smelter produces several kinds of metal.
这家冶炼厂生产好几种金属。
Not this
The smelter smelters copper ore.
Use this
The smelter smelts copper ore.
smelter 是名词，意为“冶炼厂”或“冶炼工”；动词是 smelt（冶炼），第三人称单数应为 smelts，而不是 smelters。
Not this
The smelt is located outside the city.
Use this
The smelter is located outside the city.
smelt 是动词（或一种鱼），不是表示“冶炼厂”的名词；表示工厂或冶炼设备的名词是 smelter，这里应用名词作主语。
Not this
We visited a smelt factory yesterday.
Use this
We visited a smelter yesterday.
汉语“冶炼厂”应译作 smelter，而不是按字面说成 smelt factory；smelt factory 不是地道的英语说法，直接用名词 smelter 即可。
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铜冶炼厂
The copper smelter releases large amounts of sulfur dioxide.
这家铜冶炼厂排放大量二氧化硫。
铝冶炼厂
She got a job at the local aluminum smelter.
她在当地一家铝冶炼厂找到了一份工作。
冶炼厂排放物
Residents complained about the smelter emissions affecting air quality.
居民们抱怨冶炼厂排放物影响空气质量。
冶炼炉渣
The smelter slag is recycled for use in construction.
冶炼炉渣被回收用于建筑。
经营冶炼厂
It costs millions to operate a smelter profitably.
要盈利地经营一座冶炼厂需耗资数百万。
建造冶炼厂
The company plans to build a smelter near the port.
该公司计划在港口附近建造一座冶炼厂。
Use smelter naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想 smell（气味）：冶炼厂（smelter）熔炼矿石时有刺鼻气味，smelter 即冶炼厂。
语域：neutral 常见场景：industrial plant descriptions、metallurgy、environmental reports 这个词作“冶炼厂”讲时通常用于工业、环保或经济报道等正式或专业语境，属于中性词；日常口语中较少直接使用，更常说 factory 或 plant。
Melter, swelter, and shelter rhyme with smelter: they all have stressed /e/ + /ltə/. Smelt shares the first syllable /smelt/ but lacks the final schwa, so it does not rhyme. Filter and smoulder are lookalikes that sound different: /ˈfɪltə/ and /ˈsməʊldə/.
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