English Dictionary

pelt

IPA（発音記号）

/pɛlt/

名詞

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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).

日本語の意味

毛皮 – 動物の毛や羊毛がそのまま付いた皮。原皮または未加工の皮を指すことが多い。 / 生皮 – 加工されていない、もしくは最小限の加工で衣服などに使用されることがある皮。

He draped the wolf pelt over the saddle to keep warm.

彼は寒さをしのぐためにオオカミの毛皮を鞍に掛けた。

意味（1）

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).

Perhaps the reason why he [a stuffed fox] seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

意味（2）

(also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.

意味（3）

The fur or hair of a living animal.

The Cauſes and the Signs ſhall next be told, / Of ev'ry Sickneſs that infects the Fold [of sheep]. / A ſcabby Tetter on their pelts vvill ſtick, / VVhen the ravv Rain has pierc'd 'em to the quick: […]

意味（4）

(chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.

Put on your dress, ye shameless witch, standin' there in your pelt I'll take a strap to, for havin' the conceit out of you, for by your idling had lost me the sup of gin to keep the breath of life in me. Cover your scut, or I'll welt the skin off it.

意味（5）

A garment made from animal skins.

意味（6）

(falconry) The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.

If two [hawks] are flown they are certain to fell the game at once, and the falconer is always flurried by their violent propensity to crab over the pelt.

pelts （ plural ）