smelter

/ˈsmeltə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsmeltər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsmel-tər/ (ame, mw)

smelter — noun

  • smeltersingular
  • smeltersplural

1. an industrial site, or the large furnace inside it, where workers heat rock that

1.名詞C1
釋義

an industrial site, or the large furnace inside it, where workers heat rock that contains metal until the pure metal melts out and can be separated from waste material.

例句

The copper smelter near Renata's hometown employed almost two thousand workers in the 1980s.

noun: a/the [metal] smelter — names a specific industrial site

Heavy black smoke rose from the old lead smelter on the edge of the valley.

modifier pattern: [metal] + smelter

同義詞
  • smeltery

    rare older synonym for the plant; mostly historical

  • foundry

    related but different — a foundry melts already-pure metal to cast objects; a smelter extracts metal from ore

  • refinery

    broader term for any plant that purifies a raw material; a smelter is one type, focused on metal-from-ore

文法句型

a/the smelter

smelter for [metal]

用法筆記

Subject of related verbs is usually a company, town, or industry rather than a single person. Often modified by the metal handled (copper smelter, lead smelter, aluminium smelter).

常見錯誤

❌He works as a smelter at the factory.
✅He works as a smelter operator at the factory.
💡in modern English, 'smelter' names the plant or furnace; the worker is a 'smelter operator' or 'smelter worker'.