| 单词 | pellet |
| 释义 | pellet —pelletlike, adj. /pel"it/, n. 1. a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine. 2. a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like. 3. one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun. 4. a bullet. 5. a ball, usually of stone, formerly used as a missile. 6. Also called cast. Ornith. a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains, as the fur, feathers, and bones, of the prey. 7. (in Romanesque architecture) a hemispherical or disklike carved ornament. 8. Heraldry. ogress2. v.t. 9. to form into pellets; pelletize. 10. to hit with pellets. [1325-75; ME pelet < MF pelote < VL *pilotta, dim. of L pila ball. See PILL1, -ET] |
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