记忆方法
1、smith 的本义是铁匠：铁匠是"用利器干活的人"。姓氏 Smith（史密斯）就是祖上传下来的职业名，相当于中文的"铁匠"成了姓。
2、-smith 是个能拼的零件：blacksmith 铁匠、goldsmith 金匠、silversmith 银匠、coppersmith 铜匠；铁匠铺叫 smithy。看到"颜色/金属 + smith"直接就知道是干哪一行的。
3、易错：读 /smɪθ/，尾巴 th 要咬舌（不是 /smɪs/）；i 短音。别看串成 smile（微笑）——smith 中间是 th，smile 中间是 l。古英语动词 smithian「锻造」几乎不用，见到原文认识就行。
2、-smith 是个能拼的零件：blacksmith 铁匠、goldsmith 金匠、silversmith 银匠、coppersmith 铜匠；铁匠铺叫 smithy。看到"颜色/金属 + smith"直接就知道是干哪一行的。
3、易错：读 /smɪθ/，尾巴 th 要咬舌（不是 /smɪs/）；i 短音。别看串成 smile（微笑）——smith 中间是 th，smile 中间是 l。古英语动词 smithian「锻造」几乎不用，见到原文认识就行。
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词族 · smith
词形变化
中文词源
smith 铁匠
来自古英语 smith,铁匠，工匠，来自 Proto-Germanic*smithaz,铁匠，工匠，来自 PIE*smi,砍， 切，击。
英语词源
- smith
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smith: [OE] Smith is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German schmied, Dutch smid, and Swedish and Danish smed. These point back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *smithaz. This appears to have meant simply ‘worker, craftsman’, a sense which survived into Old Norse smithr. The specialization to ‘metalworker’ is a secondary development.
- smith (n.)
- Old English smið "blacksmith, armorer, one who works in metal" (jewelers as well as blacksmiths), more broadly, "handicraftsman, practitioner of skilled manual arts" (also including carpenters), from Proto-Germanic *smithaz "skilled worker" (cognates: Old Saxon smith, Old Norse smiðr, Danish smed, Old Frisian smith, Old High German smid, German Schmied, Gothic -smiþa, in aiza-smiþa "coppersmith"), from PIE root *smi- "to cut, work with a sharp instrument" (cognates: Greek smile "knife, chisel"). Attested as a surname since at least c.975.
- smith (v.)
- Old English smiðian "to forge, fabricate, design," from the source of smith (n.). Related: Smithed; smithing.
权威例句
- 1. He had had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose.
- 他和史密斯打了一架，把后者的鼻子打出了血。
- 2. As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
- 我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。
- 3. Striker Alan Smith was guilty of two glaring misses.
- 前锋艾伦·史密斯两次严重失误，将球射偏。
- 4. This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?
- 这个叫杰克·史密斯的家伙是不是还有个名字叫杰凯尔？
- 5. Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.
- 格洛弗认为史密斯说他坏话，也许是出于嫉妒。