fell

fell¹

past of fall
fall的过去式

fell²
verb
[with obj.]

(一般作 be felled)cut down (a tree)
砍倒，伐（树）
■knock down
击（或打、推）倒
she felt an urge to fell him to the floor.
她感到一阵冲动，想把他打倒在地。
to have his daughter return nearly felled him.
为了让女儿回来他几乎崩溃了。
(亦作 flat-fell)stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat
平缝（接缝）
[as adj. flat-felled]a flat-felled seam.
平缝的接缝。

noun

an amount of timber cut
（一大批）采伐的木材

语源

Old English fellan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vellen and German fällen, also to fall

fell³
noun

a hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England
（尤指英格兰北部的）山（冈），丘陵；高沼地
[in place names]Cross Fell.
克罗斯山。
[mass noun]an area of fell and moor.
丘陵沼泽地区。

语源

Middle English: from Old Norse fjall, fell 'hill'; probably related to German Fels 'rock'

fell⁴
adjective

(poetic/literary)of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly
(诗/文)邪恶的；残暴的；凶猛的；可怕的；致命的
sorcerers use spells to achieve their fell ends.
男巫师利用符咒来达到他们的邪恶目的。

常用词组
in (或 at) one fell swoop

all in one go
一举，一下子
in one fell swoop they exceeded the total number of tries scored last year.
他们在对方球门线后带球触地的得分一下子超过了去年的得分总数。

语源

Middle English: from Old French fel, nominative of felon 'wicked (person') (see felon)

fell⁵
noun

(archaic)an animal's hide or skin with its hair
(古)兽皮，生皮

语源

Old English fel, fell, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vel and German Fell, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pellis and Greek pella 'skin'

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