pelt

pelt1
verb
  1. [with obj.]attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them
    向（某人）连续投掷
    two little boys pelted him with rotten apples.
    两个小男孩不断向他扔烂苹果。
    ■hurl (something) at someone or something in this way
    连续向…投掷
    he spotted four boys aged about ten pelting stones at ducks.
    他看到四个大约十岁的男孩朝鸭子扔石块。
    ■[no obj.](pelt down)(of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and very heavily
    （雨、冰雹或雪）下得很大；猛降
    the rain was pelting down.
    雨又大又急。
    ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction](informal)run somewhere very quickly
    (非正式)（朝某处）疾跑
    I pelted across the road.
    我匆匆跑过公路。
noun
  1. (archaic)an act of hurling something at someone
    (古)投掷；打击
常用词组
(at) full pelt
  1. with great speed; as fast as possible
    全速地；尽快地
    I ran full pelt away from the harbour.
    我飞快地跑离港口。
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: of unknown origin
pelt2
noun
  1. the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it
    生皮，毛皮，带毛的兽皮
    ■an animal's coat of fur or hair
    （动物的）皮毛
    ■the raw skin of a sheep or goat, stripped and ready for tanning
    （绵羊或山羊的）生皮
    ■(informal)a person's hair
    (非正式)（人的）毛发
常用词组
in one's pelt
  1. (Irish informal)naked
    (爱尔兰，非正式)裸体的
语源
  1. Middle English: either from obsolete pellet 'skin', from an Old French diminutive of pel 'skin', from Latin pellis 'skin', or a back-formation from peltry
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