the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
the act of felling something (as a tree)
Adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
"a barbarous crime" "brutal beatings" "cruel tortures" "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" "a savage slap" "vicious kicks"
Verb
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;
"strike down a tree" "Lightning struck down the hikers"
pass away rapidly;
"Time flies like an arrow" "Time fleeing beneath him"
sew a seam by folding the edges
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
The lumberman will fell these great trees.这位伐木工将砍伐掉这些大树。
He felled his enemy with a single blow.他一拳将他的敌人打倒了。
用作名词(n.)
This is the famous Lakeland Fells.这就是著名的莱克兰荒野。
The wind and rain beat down on me, and I fell down several times, but finally I arrived at a long, low house, standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor.风裹着雨打在我的身上，我跌倒了好几次，但终于还是走到了一幢孤零零立在沼泽地中间的长长的矮房子前。
用作形容词(adj.)
He was struck by a fell blow to the head.他的头部受到了重击。
The girl lost her balance and fell off the balance beam.小女孩失去了平衡，从平衡木上摔了下来。
No sooner had he arrived than he fell sick.他刚抵达就病倒了。
The knife fell from her nerveless fingers.刀子从她那无力的手中落下。
I managed to grab hold of the jug before it fell.我设法抓住了那个罐子才未跌落。
