pelt

英 [pelt] 美[p?lt]

GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?pelts;第三人稱單數:?pelts;過去式:?pelted;過去分詞:?pelted;現在分詞:?pelting;

pelt 猛擊，投擲

來自拉丁語pellere,擊，打，推，驅打，詞源同compel,propel.引申詞義猛擊，投擲。

pelt 動物毛皮

來自拉丁語pellis,毛皮，皮革，來自PIE*pel,毛皮，皮膚，詞源同film,peel,pell.

pelt: pelt: see fell, pellet
pelt (v.): "to strike" (with something), c. 1500, of unknown origin; perhaps from early 13c. pelten "to strike," variant of pilten "to thrust, strike," from an unrecorded Old English *pyltan, from Medieval Latin *pultiare, from Latin pultare "to beat, knock, strike." Or from Old French peloter "to strike with a ball," from pelote "ball" (see pellet (n.)) [Klein]. Watkins says the source is Latin pellere "to push, drive, strike." Related: Pelted; pelting.
pelt (n.): "skin of a fur-bearing animal," early 15c., of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of pelet (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French pelete "fine skin, membrane," diminutive of pel "skin," from Latin pellis "skin, hide" (see film (n.)). Or perhaps the source of the English word is Anglo-French pelterie, Old French peletrie "fur skins," from Old French peletier "furrier," from pel.

2. Some of the younger men began to pelt one another with snowballs.: 一些年輕人開始相互投擲雪球。

3. Alice leapt from the car and ran full pelt towards the emergency room.: 艾麗斯跳下車，拼命奔向急診室。

4. The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.: 那男孩用石子擲擊小流氓的背脊.