pelt
verb- [transitive] pelt somebody (with something)
to attack somebody by throwing things at them 投物攻击;向…投掷 - [intransitive] pelt (down)
(of rain )雨 to fall very heavily 倾泻;下得很大 By now the rain was pelting down. 这时雨正在倾盆而下。 I drove home with the rain pelting through the window. 我开着车回家,雨水从窗户里倾泻而出。 Raindrops the size of golf balls were pelting down on her. 高尔夫球大小的雨滴正落在她身上。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal)
to run somewhere very fast synonym dash飞跑
Word Originverb late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.