pellet: [14] Etymologically, a pellet is a ‘little ball’. It comes via Old French pelote (a relative of Spanish pelota ‘ball’, from which the name of the Basque ball-game pelota [19] comes) from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, a diminutive form of Latin pila ‘ball’ (source of English pill [15] and piles ‘haemorrhoids’ [15]). Pelt ‘throw things at’ [15] may have originated as a contraction of pellet (although a possible alternative source is Latin pultāre ‘hit’); and platoon comes from a diminutive form of French pelote. => pelota, pelt, piles, platoon
pellet (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French pelote "small ball" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila "ball, playing ball, the game of ball," perhaps originally "ball of hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)).
pellet (v.)
"to form into pellets," 1590s, from pellet (n.).
双语例句
1. He was shot in the head by an air gun pellet.
他被气枪弹丸击中头部。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A beetle was rolling a pellet of dried dung up the hill.
一只屎壳郎正在把一个干粪球往山上滚。
来自辞典例句
3. Such designs were square, diamond , triangular or hexagonal shaped pellet areas.
这些设计是正方形的, 菱形的, 三角形的或六角形的小格区域.
来自辞典例句
4. A porous pellet was fabricated by the well - known wash - out process.
用熟知的浸洗办法制出带孔的药丸.
来自辞典例句
5. Each pellet was placed in the end of a shotshell.