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.
双语例句
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。
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2. As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。
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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。
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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？
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5. Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.