"puddler" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 搗爐工（鋼鐵冶金）- 攪水工（歷史用語）

Definition

Puddler 是指在歷史煉鐵廠操作搗爐，把生鐵煉成熟鐵的工人；也極少指在土壤或水裡造水坑的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

大多是歷史或技術用語，關聯於早期煉鐵工業。現在幾乎只在歷史語境或工業博物館出現。不要與 'puddle'（小水坑）混淆。

Examples

The puddler worked long hours in the hot ironworks.

**搗爐工**在炎熱的煉鐵廠工作很長時間。

A puddler changed pig iron into wrought iron using a furnace.

**搗爐工**用爐子把生鐵煉成熟鐵。

Long ago, being a puddler was a very hard job.

很久以前，做**搗爐工**是很辛苦的工作。

James’s grandfather was a puddler in a Welsh iron mill.

詹姆斯的祖父曾是威爾士煉鐵廠的**搗爐工**。

Few people today know what a puddler did for a living.

現在很少有人知道**搗爐工**是做什麼的。

The museum has an old photo showing several puddlers at work.

博物館裡有一張幾個**搗爐工**工作的舊照片。