"puddler" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 捣炉工（钢铁冶金）- 搅水工（历史用语）

Definition

Puddler 指的是在历史上的炼铁厂操作捣炉，将生铁炼成熟铁的工人；有时很少指在土壤或水中造小水坑的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要是历史或技术用语，与古代炼铁工业相关。如今极少见，只在历史情境或工业博物馆使用。不要与'puddle'（小水坑）混淆。

Examples

The puddler worked long hours in the hot ironworks.

**捣炉工**在炎热的炼铁厂长时间工作。

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

**捣炉工**用炉子把生铁炼成熟铁。

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

很久以前，做**捣炉工**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尔士炼铁厂的**捣炉工**。

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

现在很少有人知道**捣炉工**是做什么的。

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

博物馆里有一张显示几个**捣炉工**工作的老照片。