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P0157900 (pĕlt)n.1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

[Middle English, probably from Old French pelete, diminutive of pel, skin, from Latin pellis; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

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P0157900 (pĕlt)v. pelt·ed, pelt·ing, pelts v.tr.1. a. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects: pelted each other with snowballs. See Synonyms at barrage².b. Archaic To strike (someone) with blows, as with a club.2. To hurl or throw (missiles): children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows.3. To fall upon; strike repeatedly: Hailstones pelted the tent.v.intr.1. To fall heavily or abundantly; beat: The rain pelted down all day.2. To move at a vigorous gait: "A rider on a lathered horse came pelting down the Orange Plank Road" (Stephen W. Sears).

[Middle English pelten, variant of pilten, perhaps ultimately from Latin pultāre, to beat, variant of pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to strike; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

pelt′er n.

pelt

(pɛlt) vb1. (tr) to throw (missiles) at (a person)2. (tr) to hurl (insults) at (a person)3. (intr; foll by along, over, etc) to move rapidly; hurry4. (often foll by: down) to rain heavilyn5. a blow6. speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt)[C15: of uncertain origin, perhaps from pellet] ˈpelter n

pelt

(pɛlt) n1. (Textiles) the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass2. (Tanning) the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning[C15: perhaps back formation from peltry]

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(pɛlt)

v.t. 1. to attack with repeated blows or with missiles. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc. 4. to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows. v.i. 5. to beat or pound unrelentingly. 6. to throw missiles. 7. to hurry. n. 8. the act of pelting. 9. a blow, esp. with something thrown. [1490–1500; orig. uncertain] pelt′er, n.

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(pɛlt)

n. the untanned hide or skin of an animal. [1275–1325; Middle English; perhaps back formation from peltry peltry] pelt′less, adj.

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Past participle: pelted
Gerund: pelting

Imperative
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Present
I pelt
you pelt
he/she/it pelts
we pelt
you pelt
they pelt

Preterite
I pelted
you pelted
he/she/it pelted
we pelted
you pelted
they pelted

Present Continuous
I am pelting
you are pelting
he/she/it is pelting
we are pelting
you are pelting
they are pelting

Present Perfect
I have pelted
you have pelted
he/she/it has pelted
we have pelted
you have pelted
they have pelted

Past Continuous
I was pelting
you were pelting
he/she/it was pelting
we were pelting
you were pelting
they were pelting

Past Perfect
I had pelted
you had pelted
he/she/it had pelted
we had pelted
you had pelted
they had pelted

Future
I will pelt
you will pelt
he/she/it will pelt
we will pelt
you will pelt
they will pelt

Future Perfect
I will have pelted
you will have pelted
he/she/it will have pelted
we will have pelted
you will have pelted
they will have pelted

Future Continuous
I will be pelting
you will be pelting
he/she/it will be pelting
we will be pelting
you will be pelting
they will be pelting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pelting
you have been pelting
he/she/it has been pelting
we have been pelting
you have been pelting
they have been pelting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pelting
you will have been pelting
he/she/it will have been pelting
we will have been pelting
you will have been pelting
they will have been pelting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pelting
you had been pelting
he/she/it had been pelting
we had been pelting
you had been pelting
they had been pelting

Conditional
I would pelt
you would pelt
he/she/it would pelt
we would pelt
you would pelt
they would pelt

Past Conditional
I would have pelted
you would have pelted
he/she/it would have pelted
we would have pelted
you would have pelted
they would have pelted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal furanimal skin - the outer covering of an animalastrakhan - the fur of young lambsbearskin - the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)beaver, beaver fur - the soft brown fur of the beaverchinchilla - the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchillaermine - the expensive white fur of the erminefox - the grey or reddish-brown fur of a foxlambskin - the skin of a lamb with the wool still onlapin, rabbit - the fur of a rabbitleopard - the pelt of a leopardmink - the expensive fur of a minkmuskrat, muskrat fur - the brown fur of a muskratotter - the fur of an otterraccoon - the fur of the North American racoonsable - the expensive dark brown fur of the martensealskin, seal - the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal"squirrel - the fur of a squirrel
	2.	pelt - body covering of a living animalhide, skinbody covering - any covering for the body or a body part
Verb	1.	pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"bombardlapidate - throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"snowball - throw snowballs ategg - throw eggs atthrow - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	2.	pelt - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"pepperattack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
	3.	pelt - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream, pourrain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

pelt

¹noun coat, fell, skin, hide mink which had been bred for their pelts

pelt

²verb1. shower, beat, strike, pepper, batter, thrash, bombard, wallop (informal), assail, pummel, hurl at, cast at, belabour, sling at Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.2. pour, teem, rain hard, bucket down (informal), rain cats and dogs (informal) It's pelting down with rain out there.3. rush, charge, shoot, career, speed, tear, belt (slang), dash, hurry, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), whizz (informal), stampede, run fast, burn rubber (informal) She pelted down the stairs in her nightgown.full pelt or at full pelt at top speed, swiftly, very fast, at speed, very quickly, speedily, hell for leather (informal), like lightning, hotfoot, like the clappers (Brit. informal), like nobody's business (informal), with all speed, like greased lightning (informal), at or on the double Alice ran full pelt towards the emergency room.

pelt¹

nounThe skin of an animal:fell, fur, hide, jacket.

pelt²

verbTo move swiftly:bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.Informal: hotfoot, rip.Slang: barrel, highball.Chiefly British: nip.Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

Translations

下得很大大降投迅猛前进

pelt

(pelt) verb1. to throw (things) at. The children pelted each other with snowballs.投2. to run very fast. He pelted down the road.迅猛前进3. (of rain; sometimes also of hailstones) to fall very heavily. You can't leave now – it's pelting (down). （雨等）大降，下得很大 at full pelt (running) as fast as possible. They set off down the road at full pelt. 尽速地，开足马力

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at full speed

As fast as possible. I drove at full speed, and I still got there late. Do you think she has a chance to win the race, if she runs at full speed? They are planning this wedding at full speed. I hope they don't forget any major details.See also: full, speed

(at) full pelt

As fast as possible. I drove at full pelt, and I still got there late. Do you think she has a chance to win the race, if she runs at full pelt? They are planning this wedding at full pelt. I hope they don't forget any major details.See also: full, pelt

in (one's) pelt

old-fashioned, literary Nude; without any clothes on. Primarily heard in Ireland. He averted his eyes and shuffled his feet awkwardly when the mistress of the house emerged from the bathtub in her pelt and asked him for a towel. The old cottage had never been fitted with electricity or running water, so we used to bathe in the rain or the nearby stream in our pelts.See also: pelt

pelt down

To come down from the sky very forcefully and in great amounts. The rain has been pelting down for almost a week straight! I'm surprised our car wasn't damaged from the way that hail was pelting down.See also: down, pelt

pelt (someone or something) with (something)

To throw a lot of something at someone or something very forcefully. The group of boys pelted John with snowballs. The protestors began pelting the courthouse with rotten fruit and vegetables.See also: pelt

at full speed

and at full tilt; at full throttleas fast as possible. The motor was running at full speed. John finished his running at full tilt. When the horse reached the back stretch he was at full throttle.See also: full, speed

pelt down (on someone or something)

[for something] to fall down on someone or something hard or in quantity. (Typically rain, hail, sleet, stones, etc.) The rain pelted down on the children as they ran to their school bus. The ashes from the volcanic eruption pelted down on the town, covering the houses in a gray shroud.See also: down, pelt

pelt someone or something with something

to hit or strike someone or something with something. The citizens pelted Max with rocks. The boys pelted the mad dog with a hail of stones.See also: pelt

at full pelt

with great speed; as fast as possible.See also: full, pelt

in your pelt

naked. Irish informalSee also: pelt

(at) full ˈpelt/ˈspeed/ˈtilt

with great speed, force, etc: The police were chasing him so he ran full pelt down the road. ♢ We drove down the road at full tilt.See also: full, pelt, speed, tilt

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noun coat

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verb shower

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verb pour

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verb rush

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phrase full pelt or at full pelt

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noun the skin of an animal

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verb to move swiftly

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noun the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

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noun body covering of a living animal

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verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

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verb attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

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verb rain heavily

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