Word · Frequency #8125
pellet
颗粒；小丸；小球
a small, hard, compressed piece of something
- 1.
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
一种小而压缩的硬块物质。
- 2.
a small sphere
小球
- 3.
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
用于线膛气枪弹药的铅制弹丸。
- 4.
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
从火器发射的实心弹丸
- 5.
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
猫头鹰及许多猛禽反刍出的消化副产品,用于排出不可消化的食物部分,如毛发和骨头。
- 6.
A roundel sable (black circular spot).
一种黑色圆形斑点。
- 7.
One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Pelletron粒子加速器中一种短导气管。
弹丸；枪弹；食丸；反刍团；（纹章）黑色圆形图案；（粒子加速器中的）短导电管；一种小而压缩的硬块物质。
In use
The rabbit food consists of small green pellets.
The hunter loaded his shotgun with pellets.
She swallowed the pellet with a glass of water.
a pellet of [material]
用于描述某种材料制成的颗粒物。
The hunter loaded a pellet of lead into the shotgun.
猎人往猎枪里装了一颗铅弹。
fire/launch/shoot pellets
表示发射颗粒状弹药的动作。
The soldiers fired plastic pellets during the training exercise.
士兵们在训练演习中发射了塑料子弹。
pellet [noun]
用 pellet 作定语修饰名词，表示该名词与颗粒有关。
They use a pellet stove to heat the cabin.
Connections
Collocations
- airgun pellet
- 气枪子弹
- The hunter loaded an airgun pellet into his rifle.猎人将一颗气枪子弹装入步枪。
- shotgun pellet
- 猎枪弹丸
- The shotgun fired a spray of lead pellets.猎枪射出一片铅弹丸。
- plastic pellet
- 塑料颗粒
- These plastic pellets are used as raw material for injection molding.这些塑料颗粒被用作注塑成型的原材料。
- food pellet
- 食物丸
- Feed the fish a small food pellet each day.每天喂鱼一颗小食物丸。
- wood pellet
- 木屑颗粒
- The wood pellet stove is an efficient heating source.木屑颗粒炉是一种高效的取暖设备。
- feed pellet
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“拍了它”——用手拍一个小球（pellet），记住它是小颗粒或小子弹。
Context & Register
通常指小圆球状物体（如饲料颗粒、药丸）或从小型枪械中发射的弹丸（如气枪子弹）。前者日常使用较多，后者属技术或狩猎用语。
Grammar Note
通常表示小圆球状物，可数。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the spelling '-let' but have different stressed vowels. Pellet (/'pɛlət/) does not rhyme with any of them; the closest is 'toilet' which also ends with a schwa, but the vowel sounds differ.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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