pelt

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pelt1 /pelt/ verb

1 [transitiveT]THROW to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them 向…連續投擲

pelt somebody with something

The marchers were pelted with rocks and bottles.

遊行者遭人投擲大量石塊和瓶子。

2 DN[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to be raining very heavily 〔雨〕傾盆而下 → pour

Rain pelted the windows.

大雨打在窗戶上。

It’s pelting down out there.

外邊大雨滂沱。

the cold wind and pelting rain

寒風暴雨

3 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalRUN to run somewhere very fast 飛跑

Three huge dogs came pelting into the street.

三條大狗竄到街上。

Examples from the Corpus

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.

Related topics: Animals, Material & textiles

pelt2 noun [countableC]

1. HBATIMthe skin of a dead animal, especially with the fur or hair still on it 〔從動物屍體上剝下的〕生皮；帶毛獸皮 → hide

2. HBAthe fur or hair of a living animal 〔活動物身上的〕毛皮

3 (at) full pelt British EnglishBrEFAST/QUICK moving as fast as possible 全速地，開足馬力地

Nancy ran at full pelt to the school.

南希拼命向學校跑去。

Examples from the Corpus

(at) full pelt• She was still going full pelt when Parkwood came into view.• He ran full pelt down the street with a brick in his hand.

Examples from the Corpus

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