| 单词 | pelt |
| 释义 | pelt pelt1 /pelt/, v.t. 1. to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields. 4. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc. 5. to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days. v.i. 6. to strike blows; beat with force or violence. 7. to throw missiles. 8. to hurry. 9. to beat or pound unrelentingly: The wind, rain, and snow pelted against the castle walls. 10. to cast abuse. n. 11. the act of pelting. 12. a vigorous stroke; whack. 13. a blow with something thrown. 14. speed. 15. an unrelenting or repeated beating, as of rain or wind. [1490-1500; orig. uncert.] pelt2 —peltish, adj. —peltless, adj. /pelt/, n. 1. the untanned hide or skin of an animal. 2. Facetious. the human skin. 3. in one's pelt, Facetious. naked. [1275-1325; ME; perh. back formation from PELTRY; cf. OF pelete, deriv. of L pellis skin] Syn. 1. See skin. |
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