pellet

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛl.ɪt/    美 /ˈpɛl.ɪt/|/ˈpel.ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
    — a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
  2. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
  3. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
  4. A roundel sable (black circular spot).
  5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
动词 v.
  1. To form into pellets.
  2. To strike with pellets.

词形变化

pellets plural pellets present,singular,third-person pelleting participle,present pelleted participle,past pelleted past

词汇关系

衍生词
biopellet ice pellet immunopellet macropellet micropellet pelletable pelletal pellet drum pelleter pellet gun pelletization pelletless pelletlike pellet moulding pellet stove pellistor repellet

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
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