| 单词 | fell |
| 释义 | fell (once / 28 pages) 1vn 2adj 3vn 4v 5n Something that has been felled has been brought down, like a tree that has been felled by a powerful storm. The word fell wears many hats in addition to being the past tense of fall. As a noun, a fell can be a stitching on the hem of a piece of clothing like pants, or an animal skin that has the fur intact. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character MacDuff is stricken when he learns that his family has been killed “in one fell swoop.” Here the adjective fell means "vicious and cruel." WORD FAMILYfell: felled, feller, felling, fells+/fall: fallen, faller, falling, falls, fell/faller: fallers/feller: fellers USAGE EXAMPLESAmid the thunderous crowd, he fell to musing. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Hail fell in several states, including Alabama and Arkansas, it added. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) But the Nettuno picture fell foul of the social media giant’s privacy policies, the Daily Telegraph reported. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut down, drop, strike down chop down cut down poleax, poleaxefell with or as if with a poleax log, lumbercut lumber, as in woods and forests cutfell by sawing; hew cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2n the act of felling something (as a tree) 2Hyper kill, killing, putting to death the act of terminating a life adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering 3Syn barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion 1v sew a seam by folding the edges Hyper run up, sew, sew together, stitch fasten by sewing; do needlework 2n seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges 4Syn|Hyper felled seam seam joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces v pass away rapidly 5Syn|Hyper fly, vanish fly, vanish, vaporize decrease rapidly and disappear elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by pass by n the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) Syn|Hypo|Hyper hide cowhide the hide of a cow goatskinthe hide of a goat rawhideuntanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes animal skin the outer covering of an animal |
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