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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。
颗粒；小丸；小球
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颗粒；小丸；小球
a small, hard, compressed piece of something
The hunter loaded a pellet of lead into the shotgun.
猎人往猎枪里装了一颗铅弹。
一种小而压缩的硬块物质。
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
小球
a small sphere
用于线膛气枪弹药的铅制弹丸。
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
从火器发射的实心弹丸
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
The rabbit food consists of small green pellets.
兔粮由绿色的小颗粒组成。
The hunter loaded his shotgun with pellets.
猎人往猎枪里装上了子弹。
She swallowed the pellet with a glass of water.
她用水吞下了药丸。
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。
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。
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.
他们用颗粒炉给小屋取暖。
Not this
The rabbit food contains pellet.
Use this
The rabbit food contains pellets.
pellet 为可数名词，表示多个颗粒状物体时需用复数形式 pellets。
Not this
The soldier loaded pellets into his rifle.
Use this
The soldier loaded bullets into his rifle.
pellet 特指气枪或霰弹枪的小子弹，而一般步枪使用 bullet。
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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。
猎枪弹丸
The shotgun fired a spray of lead pellets.
猎枪射出一片铅弹丸。
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。
食物丸
Feed the fish a small food pellet each day.
每天喂鱼一颗小食物丸。
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。
饲料颗粒
The chickens ate the feed pellets from the trough.
鸡从食槽里吃饲料颗粒。
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联想“拍了它”——用手拍一个小球（pellet），记住它是小颗粒或小子弹。
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。
通常表示小圆球状物，可数。
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