单词	pellet
释义	pelletpel‧let /ˈpelɪt/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpellet Origin: 1300-1400 French pelote, from Latin pila ‘ball’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Also send in any records of mole remains in owl pellets or the diets of other predators. Bone and pellets preserved at an owl's nest site are often exposed to trampling by the owls themselves. Doctors feared an air rifle pellet had pierced his brain when the joke went horribly wrong. It was an accident of course but old Colonel Saunchie got a few pellets in him. Jack took pellets in the right lung, liver, and back, and his left arm was again badly fractured. Jack took my fingers and ran them over the back of his head where he said there were still some shotgun pellets. The containers are made of peat and wood fiber laced with soluble fertilizer and peat pellets that expand when watered. When the lever is pressed, a food pellet drops through a thin tube. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► owl · Also send in any records of mole remains in owl pellets or the diets of other predators. 1a small ball of a substance:  food pellets for rabbits2a small ball of metal made to be fired from a gun:  shotgun pellets
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