A smithy is the workshop where a blacksmith works — a building with a fire, a heavy iron block to hammer on, and tools for shaping hot metal. Horseshoes, nails, gates and farm tools were made and mended there.

A smithy is指 the workshop where a blacksmith works鐵匠工作的工作坊——a building with a fire裡面有火爐的建築物、a heavy iron block to hammer on一塊拿來敲打的重鐵砧、and tools for shaping hot metal還有塑形熱金屬的工具。Horseshoes, nails, gates and farm tools馬蹄鐵、釘子、大門、和農具 were made and mended there都是在那裡製作和修理的。

In most of the English-speaking world this belongs to the past, so you meet the word in history books, poems and stories about village life rather than in the news; a village once had a smithy the way it had a church and a mill. Some smithies still exist today for horses and for art metalwork.

In most of the English-speaking world在大部分說英語的地方，this belongs to the past這已經是過去的東西了，so you meet the word所以你會在 in history books, poems and stories about village life歷史書、詩、還有描寫村莊生活的故事裡遇到這個字，rather than in the news而不是在新聞裡；a village once had a smithy一個村莊以前會有一間smithy，the way it had a church and a mill就像它也會有一間教堂和一座磨坊一樣。Some smithies still exist today有些smithy到現在還存在 for horses and for art metalwork是為了馬匹和藝術金屬工藝而保留的。

Note the difference between the three similar words: a smith is the person, a smithy is the place, and forge can mean either the place or the fire inside it. The plural is smithies. Say the -th- soft, as in 'with'.

Note the difference要分清楚 between the three similar words這三個相似字的差別：a smith is the person smith是指人，a smithy is the place smithy是指地方，and forge can mean either the place or the fire inside it而forge可以指這個地方，也可以指裡面的爐火。The plural is smithies複數是smithies。Say the -th- soft-th-這個音要唸輕一點， as in 'with'就像'with'裡的那樣。