pellet

名词 pellet:

1. a small sphere
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
   同义词：shot

1. A small pill or pellet.
   小药丸，小糖丸
2. A hard pellet of snow and ice.
   雹块一种坚硬的冰雪团

pel.let

n.（名词）
A small, solid or densely packed ball or mass, as of food, wax, or medicine.
颗粒状物，小丸：如食物、蜡或药等固态的或被紧包成一团的小球或小丸

A bullet or piece of small shot.
一颗子弹或一块小的射击物
A stone ball, used as a catapult missile or a primitive cannonball.
石弹：一种用作弹弩或原始大炮子弹的石球
v.tr.（及物动词）
pel.let.ed,pel.let.ing,pel.lets
To make or form into pellets.
使成弹丸状
To strike with pellets.
用子弹打

来源：
Middle English pelet
中古英语 pelet
from Old French pelote
源自 古法语 pelote
from Vulgar Latin *pilotta
源自 俗拉丁语 *pilotta
diminutive of Latin pila [ball]
拉丁语 pila的小后缀 [球]