with obj.
1
- （一般作 be felled）cut down (a tree)砍倒, 砍伐（树木）。
1.1
- knock down击倒, 打倒：
she felt an urge to fell him to the floor
她感到一阵冲动, 想把他打倒在地
figurative 〈喻〉 to have his daughter return nearly felled him.
他为了让女儿回来差一点精神崩溃。
2
- （亦作 flat-fell）stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat把（接缝的边）缝平：
as adj. flat-felled a flat-felled seam.平缝的接缝。
- an amount of timber cut采伐的木材数量。
词源
Old English fellan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vellen and German fällen, also to FALL.
- a hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England（尤指英格兰北部的）山（冈）, 丘陵; 高沼地：
in place names Cross Fell克罗斯山
mass noun an area of fell and moor.丘陵沼泽地区。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse fjall, fell 'hill'; probably related to German Fels 'rock'.
- poetic/literary of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly〈诗/文〉邪恶的; 残暴的; 凶猛的; 可怕的; 致命的：
sorcerers use spells to achieve their fell ends.
男巫师利用符咒来达到他们的邪恶目的。
短语
in（或 at）one fell swoop
- all in one go一举, 一下子：
in one fell swoop they exceeded the total number of tries scored last year.
他们在对方球门线后带球触地的得分一下子超过了去年的得分总数。
[ORIGIN: from Shakespeare's Macbeth （iv. iii. 219）.]
词源
Middle English: from Old French fel, nominative of felon 'wicked (person)' （see FELON1 ）.