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 smie "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 smier, Danish smed, Old Frisian smith, Old High German smid, German Schmied, Gothic -smita, in aiza-smita "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 smieian "to forge, fabricate, design," from the source of smith (n.). Related: Smithed; smithing.
雙語例句
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。
來自柯林斯例句
2. As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我記得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。
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3. Striker Alan Smith was guilty of two glaring misses.
前鋒艾倫·史密斯兩次嚴重失誤，將球射偏。
來自柯林斯例句
4. This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?
這個叫杰克·史密斯的家伙是不是還有個名字叫杰凱爾？
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5. Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.