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a pelt
The hunter sold a pelt.
猎人卖了一张毛皮。
毛皮；兽皮
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
毛皮；兽皮
the skin of an animal with its fur or wool on; the fur or coat of a living mammal
The hunter sold a pelt.
猎人卖了一张毛皮。
带毛或羊毛的动物皮；生皮或未鞣制的皮,或保留毛的皮(有时经极少改动即作衣物)
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
(冰雹、雨或雪的)一阵猛烈降落。
A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
哺乳动物带毛的加工皮
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
脱毛的动物皮(尤指山羊或绵羊),常用于鞣制前的准备
The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
The trapper sold the beaver pelt at the market.
捕兽者在市场上卖掉了海狸毛皮。
She wrapped herself in a warm pelt made from fox fur.
她裹在一条用狐狸毛皮制成的温暖皮裘里。
The museum displayed a collection of ancient pelts used by early humans.
博物馆展出了一批早期人类使用的古代毛皮。
The hunter sold a pelt.
猎人卖了一张毛皮。
常用复数形式表示不同动物的毛皮。
They traded beaver pelts.
他们交易河狸毛皮。
Not this
He pelted the rabbit for its fur.
Use this
He skinned the rabbit to get its pelt.
错误地将名词pelt用作动词，误以为pelt有‘剥皮’的含义。实际上，pelt作为动词只有‘投掷、连续攻击、下大雨’等含义。正确表达是使用动词skin，搭配名词pelt。
Not this
The coat is made of pelt.
Use this
The coat is made of pelts.
将pelt误用作不可数名词。pelt是可数名词，表示‘某只动物的毛皮’。当泛指由多张毛皮制成的物品时，应用复数形式pelts。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
动物毛皮
The traders brought animal pelts to the market.
商人们把动物毛皮带到市场上。
海狸毛皮
Beaver pelts were once used as currency.
海狸毛皮曾用作货币。
生皮；未鞣制的毛皮
Raw pelts must be dried before they can be sold.
生皮必须晾干后才能出售。
鞣制好的毛皮；加工过的皮
The factory turned raw hides into dressed pelts.
这家工厂把生皮加工成鞣制好的毛皮。
毛皮贸易
The pelt trade brought wealth to the port city.
毛皮贸易给这座港口城市带来了财富。
全速；飞快地
The children ran down the hill at full pelt.
孩子们全速跑下山。
以最快速度；全速地
He ran down the street at full pelt.
他全速跑过街道。
Use pelt naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：宠物（pet）身上一层毛皮就是pelt；冰雹一阵猛砸下来也叫a pelt，想象打在毛皮上。
语域：neutral 常见场景：fur trade、hunting、taxidermy 这里取名词“pelt”指带毛或羊毛的动物皮。该词比较常见于毛皮贸易、狩猎或标本制作等具体场景，语气总体偏中性；日常口语中一般更常用 skin 或 fur。
All the words above rhyme with pelt /pɛlt/: they share the stressed vowel /ɛ/ and final /lt/. Beware the lookalike 'pellet' /ˈpɛlɪt/, which has two syllables and does not rhyme. Also note that 'dealt' is spelled with 'ea' but is pronounced /dɛlt/, not /diːlt/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.