The old smithy at the edge of the village has been turned into a café.
村边的老铁匠铺已经被改造成了一家咖啡馆。
As sparks flew and the hammer rang against the anvil, the smithy filled with the acrid scent of heated iron and the rhythmic clang of metal being shaped into horseshoes.
火花四溅,铁锤敲击铁砧发出铿锵声响,铁匠铺里弥漫着灼热铁块的刺鼻气味,金属被锻打成马蹄铁的节奏声回荡其中。
亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)的诗作 The Village Blacksmith(《村里的铁匠》)是关于铁匠铺最著名的英语文学作品之一,诗中生动描绘了铁匠在 smithy 中劳作的场景:"Under a spreading chestnut-tree / The village smithy stands."
在J.R.R.托尔金(J.R.R. Tolkien)的 The Lord of the Rings(《魔戒》)中,精灵的锻造场所被多次描写,smithy 一词用于指代打造武器和护甲的工坊。
詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)的 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(《一个青年艺术家的画像》)结尾处著名地使用了相关意象:"to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race."(在我灵魂的锻炉中锻造我民族尚未被创造的良知。)