名詞 pelting:

1. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
   同義詞：rain

動(dòng)詞 pelt:

1. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
   同義詞：pelt, bombard
2. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
   同義詞：pepper, pelt
3. rain heavily
   同義詞：pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets

1. She was last seen pelting along the road as if devils were after her.
   有人最后看見(jiàn)她沿著道路一個(gè)勁地飛跑，好像魔鬼在追她似的。
2. I'm not going out there-it's really pelting down.
   我不去那兒了，雨實(shí)在太大了。
3. It was pelting with rain.
   大雨如注。
4. The rain was pelting down.
   大雨傾盆。

pelt.ing

adj.Archaic （形容詞）【古語(yǔ)】
Paltry; petty:
沒(méi)有價(jià)值的；小的：
例句：
.This land . . . /Is now leas`d out . . . /Like to a tenement or pelting farm.(Shakespeare)
.這片土地…／象一套房子或小農(nóng)場(chǎng)一般…／現(xiàn)在已被租出.(莎士比亞)

來(lái)源：
Perhaps from dialectal pelt [trash]
可能源自 方言 pelt [廢物]