pelt
verb /pelt/
/pelt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they pelt | /pelt/ /pelt/ |
| he / she / it pelts | /pelts/ /pelts/ |
| past simple pelted | /ˈpeltɪd/ /ˈpeltɪd/ |
| past participle pelted | /ˈpeltɪd/ /ˈpeltɪd/ |
| -ing form pelting | /ˈpeltɪŋ/ /ˈpeltɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] pelt somebody (with something) to attack somebody by throwing things at them
投物攻击；向…投掷 - The children pelted him with snowballs.
孩子们向他投掷雪球。 - We were pelted with rotten tomatoes.
我们被扔了腐烂的西红柿。
- The children pelted him with snowballs.
- [intransitive] pelt (down) (of rain
雨 倾泻；下得很大 - By now the rain was pelting down.
这时雨正在倾盆而下。 - I drove home with the rain pelting through the window.
我开着车回家，雨水从窗户里倾泻而出。 - Raindrops the size of golf balls were pelting down on her.
高尔夫球大小的雨滴正落在她身上。
- By now the rain was pelting down.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to run somewhere very fast
飞跑 - We pelted down the hill after the car.
我们飞奔下山追赶那辆汽车。
- We pelted down the hill after the car.
词源verb late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.