with obj.
1- attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them向(某人)连续投掷:
two little boys pelted him with rotten apples.
两个小男孩不断向他扔烂苹果。
1.1
- hurl (something) at someone or something in this way连续向…投掷:
he spotted four boys aged about ten pelting stones at ducks.
他看到四个大约十岁的男孩朝鸭子扔石块。
1.2
- no obj.
pelt down
(of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and very heavily(雨、冰雹或雪)下得很大; 猛降: the rain was pelting down.
雨又大又急。
1.3
- no obj., with adverbial of direction informal run somewhere very quickly〈非正式〉(朝某处)疾跑:
I pelted across the road.
我匆匆跑过公路。
- archaic an act of hurling something at someone〈古〉投掷; 打击。
短语
(at)full pelt
- with great speed; as fast as possible全速地; 尽快地:
I ran full pelt away from the harbour.
我飞快地跑离港口。
词源
late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.
1
- the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it生皮, 毛皮, 带毛的兽皮。
1.1
- an animal's coat of fur or hair(动物的)皮毛。
1.2
- the raw skin of a sheep or goat, stripped and ready for tanning(绵羊或山羊的)生皮。
1.3
- informal a person's hair〈非正式〉(人的)毛发。
短语
in one's pelt
- Irish informal naked〈爱尔兰, 非正式〉裸体的。
词源
Middle English: either from obsolete pellet 'skin', from an Old French diminutive of pel 'skin', from Latin pellis 'skin', or a back-formation from PELTRY.