smelt的词源

英文词源

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."

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。

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