| 单词 | fell |
| 释义 | fell fell1 /fel/, v. pt. of fall. fell2 /fel/, v.t. 1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree. 2. Sewing. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat. n. 3. Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season. 4. Sewing. a seam finished by felling. [bef. 900; ME fellen, OE fellan, causative of feallan to FALL; c. Goth falljan to cause to fall] fell3 —fellness, n. /fel/, adj. 1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage. 2. destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease. 3. at or in one fell swoop. See swoop (def. 5). [1250-1300; ME fel < OF, nom. of felon wicked. See FELON] fell4 /fel/, n. the skin or hide of an animal; pelt. [bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D vel, G Fell, ON -fjall (in berfjall bear-skin), Goth -fill (in thrutsfill scab-skin, leprosy); akin to L pellis skin, hide] fell5 /fel/, n. Scot. and North Eng. an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau. [1300-50; ME < ON fell, fjall hill, mountain, akin to G Felsen rock, cliff] |
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