pig-iron

基本解释

The first country to industrialise, Britain was soon turning out more than half the world's coal, pig-iron and cotton textiles.
作为首个工业化国家，在很短时间里，不列颠的煤、铁和棉纺织品就占了世界产量的一半以上；
Inside the flat a fruity voice was reading out a list of figures which had something to do with the production of pig-iron.
房间里，一个圆润的声音在读着一串什么生铁产量的数字。
Low- phosphor low-sulfur pig iron supplied by Benxi Steel Co. is the best choice for manufacturing nuclear reactors.
本溪生铁中的低磷低硫生铁是生产核电设备的最佳选择。

Scientific housekeeping, with its standards of spotlessness and shininess, was founded on no less a fudge than the forty-seven and a half tons of pig iron.
NEWYORKER: Not So Fast

crude iron produced in a blast furnace and poured into moulds in preparation for making wrought iron, steels, alloys, etc