English主要词典
pelt
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb
1 [VN] ~ sb (with sth) to attack sb by throwing things at them:
The children pelted him with snowballs. * We were pelted with rotten tomatoes.
2 [V] ~ (down) (of rain) to fall very heavily:
By now the rain was pelting down.
3 [V+adv./prep.] (informal) to run somewhere very fast:
We pelted down the hill after the car.
noun the skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still on it
IDIOMS
(at) full pelt / tilt as fast as possible:
He ran full pelt to the bus stop.
