這個拼法底下其實是4個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 fell a tree · past tense of fall · fell (hill, N. England) · fell
fell
vTo make something tall come crashing down — you are the cause that brings it to the ground: you fell a tree, you fell a man.
A second word, same spelling
fell
vThis 'fell' is simply the past form of 'fall' — picture something that already went down to the ground: it fell yesterday.
A second word, same spelling
fell
nA bare, high stretch of open hill in the north of England — windy you walk up, not a peak you climb.
A second word, same spelling
fell
aAn old, fierce word meaning deadly or cruel, now surviving only inside the set phrase 'in one fell swoop' — one single, sweeping, all-at-once stroke.
原始詞典資料24 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Fellname詞源 1
- 1
A surname.
- 2
A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 3
A municipality in Trier-Saarland district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
fellverb詞源 1/fɛl/
- 1
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- Stand, or I'll fell thee down.
- Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.
- 2
To strike down, kill, destroy.
- Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had felled.
- "Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop."
- 3
businessmanufacturingsewingTo stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
fellnoun詞源 1/fɛl/
- 1
A cutting-down of timber.
- 2
The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- 3
businessmanufacturingtextilesThe end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- Cut the first 2 warp ends in half and tie each pair together with an overhand knot, snug (but not tight) against the fell.
fellnoun詞源 2/fɛl/
- 1
archaicrareSkin, hide, pelt.
- For he is fader of feith · fourmed ȝow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.
- Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.
fellnoun詞源 3/fɛl/
- 1
geographynatural-sciencesHigh and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.
- 2
A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.
- Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone back to the cradling bosom that rocked his ancestors.
- The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells, In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells.
- 3
A wild field or upland moor.
- As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
- The night continued beautifully clear and fine, and as we came into the fell country the outlines of the hills showed up dark against the starlit sky.
felladj詞源 4/fɛl/
- 1
Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- one fell swoop
- […]While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
- 2
dialectalStrong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- 3
dialectalVery large; huge.
- 4
obsoleteEager; earnest; intent.
- I am so fell to my business.
felladv詞源 4/fɛl/
- 1
Sharply; fiercely.
fellnoun詞源 5/fɛl/
- 1
obsoleterareAnger; gall; melancholy.
- Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.
- I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. / What hours, O what black hoürs we have spent / This night!
fellnoun詞源 6/fɛl/
- 1
businessminingThe finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
- Fell pony
- Fell mountain railway system
- fall
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