smith
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++smith /smɪθ/ noun [countable] TIBOsomeone who makes and repairs things made of iron 铁匠，锻工 SYN blacksmith
Examples from the Corpus
smith• William Mounsher was appointed College secretary in succession to Huntingford on 1 July, when a smith was also appointed.• It was customary to wear heavy iron or brass rings around their fingers, these being made by the mine smiths.• Corey O'Brien, smithy smith smith smith.• Without Samson's monumental strength, the smiths seemed to lose ground.• Was the smith free to produce his own designs?• The smith was invoking the part of the Elizabethan Poor Law which required the parish to assist the able-bodied to work.• It was almost impossible to know which were coopers and carpenters and which smiths.-smith /smɪθ/ suffix [in nouns] XXa maker of something 工匠；制作者 a gunsmith (=someone who makes guns) 枪炮匠 a wordsmith (=someone who works with words, for example a journalist) 文字工作者Examples from the Corpus
-smith• a silversmithnSmith na very common name in the UK and the US. There is a joke that it is used by people who do not want their real name to be known, especially in the past by people who were sharing a hotel room when they were not married They checked into the hotel as Mr and Mrs John Smith.Origin smith Old Englishsmith noun-smith suffixSmithLDOCE OnlineChinese
and makes things of repairs someone made Corpus who iron
smith
smith /smɪθ/
noun [countable]
SYN blacksmith
smith /smɪθ/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
someone who makes and repairs things made of iron SYN blacksmith
Smith
Smith
a very common name in the UK and the US. There is a joke that it is used by people who do not want their real name to be known, especially in the past by people who were sharing a hotel room when they were not married:
They checked into the hotel as Mr and Mrs John Smith.
Smith, Adam
(1723–90) a Scottish economist who strongly believed in free enterprise (=an economic system in which private businesses are free to make money, and there is not much government control). He developed his ideas in his book The Wealth of Nations, which has had an important influence on modern economic and political ideas ⇨ Adam Smith Institute
Smith, Bes‧sie /ˈbesi/
(1895–1937) a US BLUES singer who was very popular in the 1920s, and whose style influenced many later musicians. Many people know the story of how she died after a car crash, when she was not allowed to enter a hospital for white people because she was African-American.
Smith, Dame Maggie
(1934–) a British film and theatre actress. Her many films include two for which she won an Oscar: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978). Her other films include A Room with a View and the Harry Potter series of films.
Smith, De‧li‧a /ˈdiːliə/
(1941–) a British woman who writes books and makes very popular television programmes that teach people how to cook. People often simply call her Delia.
Smith, I‧ain Dun‧can /ˈiːən ˈdʌŋkən/
(1954–) the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain from September 2001 until October 2003. Many people thought he was rather boring and not a strong leader, and he lost the leadership of the party before he was able to lead the party into a general election.
Smith, I‧an /ˈiːən/
(1919–2007) the Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1978. He is remembered for making Rhodesia independent of the UK in 1965 without British agreement, with a government of only white people, although most people in the country are black. ⇨ Zimbabwe
Smith, John
(1938–94) a British politician who became leader of the Labour Party in 1992. He was a popular leader, and a clever and amusing speaker in Parliament. His sudden death from a heart attack caused great shock in the UK.
Smith, Joseph
(1805–44) a US religious leader who started the Mormon religion. He described how an angel showed him where two golden tablets (=flat pieces of metal with words cut into them) were buried in a hill in the state of New York. He translated the writing on the tablets and it became the Book of Mormon, the holy book of the Mormon religion ⇨ Mormon
Smith, Oz‧zie /ˈɒzi $ ˈɑː-/
(1954–) a former US baseball player who played shortstop for the St Louis Cardinals team. He won the Golden Glove Award every year from 1980 to 1992, and was known as ‘the Wizard’.
Smith, Paul
(1946–) a British FASHION DESIGNER, known especially for his high-quality men's clothing. His official title is Sir Paul Smith.
Smith, WH (also WH Smith's, Smith's) trademark
a shop that sells books, pens, newspapers, cards, etc, and often also CDs and videotapes. Most towns in the UK and many cities in the US have a WH Smith.
Smith, Will
a US film actor and pop singer who started acting in 1990 in a TV comedy series called The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. His films include Independence Day and Men in Black.
Smith, Win‧ston /ˈwɪnstən/
the main character in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, who lives in a time when the government controls everything that people do. Smith is punished by the government because he tries to have a romantic relationship with a woman.
Smith, Zadie
(1975-) an English writer whose books include White Teeth (2000) and On Beauty (2005)
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a very common name in the UK and the US. There is a joke that it is used by people who do not want their real name to be known, especially in the past by people who were sharing a hotel room when they were not married:
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(1723–90) a Scottish economist who strongly believed in free enterprise (=an economic system in which private businesses are free to make money, and there is not much government control). He developed his ideas in his book The Wealth of Nations, which has had an important influence on modern economic and political ideas ⇨ Adam Smith Institute
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(1895–1937) a US BLUES singer who was very popular in the 1920s, and whose style influenced many later musicians. Many people know the story of how she died after a car crash, when she was not allowed to enter a hospital for white people because she was African-American.
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(1934–) a British film and theatre actress. Her many films include two for which she won an Oscar: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978). Her other films include A Room with a View and the Harry Potter series of films.
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(1941–) a British woman who writes books and makes very popular television programmes that teach people how to cook. People often simply call her Delia.
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(1954–) the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain from September 2001 until October 2003. Many people thought he was rather boring and not a strong leader, and he lost the leadership of the party before he was able to lead the party into a general election.
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(1919–2007) the Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1978. He is remembered for making Rhodesia independent of the UK in 1965 without British agreement, with a government of only white people, although most people in the country are black. ⇨ Zimbabwe
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(1938–94) a British politician who became leader of the Labour Party in 1992. He was a popular leader, and a clever and amusing speaker in Parliament. His sudden death from a heart attack caused great shock in the UK.
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(1805–44) a US religious leader who started the Mormon religion. He described how an angel showed him where two golden tablets (=flat pieces of metal with words cut into them) were buried in a hill in the state of New York. He translated the writing on the tablets and it became the Book of Mormon, the holy book of the Mormon religion ⇨ Mormon
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(1954–) a former US baseball player who played shortstop for the St Louis Cardinals team. He won the Golden Glove Award every year from 1980 to 1992, and was known as ‘the Wizard’.
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(1946–) a British FASHION DESIGNER, known especially for his high-quality men's clothing. His official title is Sir Paul Smith.
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(also WH Smith's, Smith's) trademarka shop that sells books, pens, newspapers, cards, etc, and often also CDs and videotapes. Most towns in the UK and many cities in the US have a WH Smith.
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a US film actor and pop singer who started acting in 1990 in a TV comedy series called The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. His films include Independence Day and Men in Black.
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the main character in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, who lives in a time when the government controls everything that people do. Smith is punished by the government because he tries to have a romantic relationship with a woman.
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(1975-) an English writer whose books include White Teeth (2000) and On Beauty (2005)