Fell



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.兽皮;v.砍伐
• ［英］ n.兽皮 ( an animal's hide or skin) ; v.砍伐 ( to cut down a tree or trees)
• ［类］ quarry : stone / fell : timber ( 采石目标是石头 / 伐木目标是木头)
• ［记］ 和fall 的过去式fell拼写一致
• ［例］ a felled oak

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fel skin, Latin pellis
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. skin, hide, pelt
• 2. a thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fellan; akin to Old English feallan to fall — more at fall
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. to cut, knock, or bring down <fell a tree>
  • b. kill
• 2. to sew (a seam) by folding one raw edge under the other and sewing flat on the wrong side
• ? fellable adjective
• ? feller noun

III. *past of fall IV. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English fel, from Anglo-French — more at felon
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. fierce, cruel, terrible
  • b. sinister, malevolent <a fell purpose>
  • c. very destructive ; deadly <a fell disease>
• 2. Scottish sharp, pungent
• ? fellness noun
• ? felly adverb

V. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse fell, fjall mountain; akin to Old High German felis rock
• Date: 14th century
• dialect British a high barren field or moor

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