pelt

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pelt1 /pelt/ verb  1  [transitive]THROW to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them 向…连续投掷pelt somebody with something The marchers were pelted with rocks and bottles. 游行者遭人投掷大量石块和瓶子。2  DN[intransitive, transitive] to be raining very heavily 〔雨〕倾盆而下 → pour Rain pelted the windows. 大雨打在窗户上。 It’s pelting down out there. 外边大雨滂沱。 the cold wind and pelting rain 寒风暴雨3  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informalRUN to run somewhere very fast 飞跑 Three huge dogs came pelting into the street. 三条大狗窜到街上。→ See Verb table

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pelt• Police were pelted by stones thrown by demonstrators, some from rooftops, witnesses said.• Bullets of water pelt down, gusts of wind whip and tear from all sides.• The boys sat in the back of the class, pelting each other with pieces of rolled up paper.• We were out in the cold rain that pelts northern Arkansas in March.• Demonstrators were pelting rocks and bottles at police.• I watched as the sky curdled and darkened and the rain pelted the road with silvery stones.• Battered and pelted, we grope for a principle of order.• Next, his house was pelted with eggs.• Stand close enough to see the column form and you will probably be pelted with near-boiling water.• When Vice-President Nixon toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs and jostled by angry demonstrators.• When the Vice-president toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs by angry farmers.pelting rain• Finally she spat angrily at the door of the building and shambled on her way, oblivious to the pelting rain.

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pelt2 noun [countable]  1. HBATIMthe skin of a dead animal, especially with the fur or hair still on it 〔从动物尸体上剥下的〕生皮；带毛兽皮 → hide2. HBAthe fur or hair of a living animal 〔活动物身上的〕毛皮3  (at) full pelt British EnglishFAST/QUICK moving as fast as possible 全速地，开足马力地 Nancy ran at full pelt to the school. 南希拼命向学校跑去。

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pelt• A prime beaver pelt was worth $ 6 to $ 8 a pound.• Murray was much worse: both legs broken and bone protruding through his pelt.• Now, mink pelts sell for 75 cents and bobcats go for $ 35.• In 1993 production of mink pelts was at 2.6m.• mink pelts• When the deal was consummated, Smith was given the assignment he coveted-to be in charge of finding new sources of pelts.• An animal's pelt covered his scalp, its empty legs dangling beside his ears, yet it seemed not at all absurd.• The rock jutted through the thin pelt of flowers and grass, and all at once the horizon concertinaed.• I stroked his lovely velvety pelt and smelt his warm meaty breath.Origin pelt1 (1400-1500) Origin unknown pelt2 1. (1400-1500) Perhaps from peltry “skins, furs” ((15-19 centuries)), from Anglo-French pelterie, from Latin pellis “skin”2. (1800-1900) → PELT1

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pelt¹ /pelt/ verb1. [transitive] to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them
    pelt somebody with something
    The marchers were pelted with rocks and bottles.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to be raining very heavily ⇨ pour:
    Rain pelted the windows.
    It’s pelting down out there.
    the cold wind and pelting rain
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to run somewhere very fast:
    Three huge dogs came pelting into the street.

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pelt² noun [countable]1. the skin of a dead animal, especially with the fur or hair still on it ⇨ hide
2. the fur or hair of a living animal
3. (at) full pelt British English moving as fast as possible:
    Nancy ran at full pelt to the school.