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smelter

/smel-ter/US // ˈsmɛl tər //UK // (ˈsmɛltə) //

冶炼厂,熔炼炉,冶炼炉,冶炼场

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that smelts.
    • : a person who owns or works in a place where ores are smelted.
    • : a place where ores are smelted.

Examples

  • My grandfather was born in New Mexico to a father who worked at a smelter.

  • "I made a little pilot smelter while you were gone," George said.

  • It ran to that amount by actual smelter test, the story goes.

  • Two other men came in from the porch: the old smelter Tveryakov and his lodger, the stoker Rybin, a staid, dark-colored peasant.

  • "Tony is going to meet us up on the Smelter Road," said Evelyn.

  • With dressed tin ores as they are sent to the smelter, the produce is given in cwts.