fell
fell 英 [fel] 美 [fɛl]
adj. 凶猛的；毁灭性的 vt. 砍伐；打倒；击倒 n. [林] 一季所伐的木材；折缝；兽皮
进行时:felling 过去式:fell 过去分词:felled 第三人称单数:falls 名词复数:fells
- Something that has been felled has been brought down, like a tree that has been felled by a powerful storm.
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- adj. 凶猛的；毁灭性的
- vt. 砍伐；打倒；击倒
- n. [林] 一季所伐的木材；折缝；兽皮
- v. 掉下；摔倒；下垂；变坏（fall的过去式）
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1. We will fell these trees.
我们将砍伐这些树。
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2. He fell from the ladder.
他从梯子上掉下来。
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3. The wounded child soon quieted down and fell asleep.
受伤的孩子很快就安静下来睡着了。
- fell (adj.) "cruel," late 13c., possibly late Old English, perhaps from Old French fel "cruel, fierce, vicious," from Medieval Latin fello "villain" (see felon). Phrase at one fell swoop is from "Macbeth." Related: Fellness.
- fell (n.1) "rocky hill," c. 1300, from Old Norse fiall "mountain," from Proto-Germanic *felzam- "rock" (source also of Old High German felisa, German Fels "stone, rock"), from PIE root *pel(i)s- "rock, cliff." Old High German felisa "a rock" is the source of French falaise (formerly falize) "cliff." Now mostly in place-names, such as Scafell Pike, highest mountain in England.
- fell (n.2) "skin or hide of an animal," Old English fel "skin, hide, garment of skin," from Proto-Germanic *felnam- (source also of Old Frisian fel, Old Saxon fel, Dutch vel, Old High German fel, German fell, Old Norse fiall, Gothic fill "skin, hide"), from PIE *pel-no-, suffixed form of root *pel- (3) "skin, hide." Related: Fellmonger.
- fell (v.1) Old English fællan (Mercian), fyllan (West Saxon) "make fall, cause to fall," also "strike down, demolish, kill," from Proto-Germanic *falljan "strike down, cause to fall" (source also of Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fellian, Dutch fellen, Old High German fellen, German fällen, Old Norse fella, Danish fælde), causative of *fallan (source of Old English feallan; see fall (v.)), showing i-mutation. Related: Felled; feller; felling.
- fell (v.2) past tense of fall (v.), Old English feoll.
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