prill

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. a rill, a small stream
    — Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand
  2. a pellet, a granule, a small bead
    — Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.
  3. The brill, a kind of flatfish.
  4. a spinning top obsolete
  5. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
  6. A nugget of virgin metal.
  7. The button of metal from an assay.
动词 v.
  1. to flow, spurt
    — the Thames, prillingfrom her naked breast
  2. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
  3. To grow sour. UK,dialectal,intransitive
  4. To become tipsy. UK,dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

prills present,singular,third-person prilling participle,present prilled participle,past prilled past prills plural prills plural prills present,singular,third-person prilling participle,present prilled participle,past prilled past prills plural prills present,singular,third-person prilling participle,present prilled participle,past prilled past

词源

词源 1
A variant of purl, 17th century.
词源 2
Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English.
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