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fell

noun
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  1. a hill or an area of hills in northern England（英格兰北部的）小山，丘陵地区
    • I love being up on the fells.我喜欢跌倒在地上。
    • Shap Fell跌倒
    Topics Geographyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFell is used before these nouns:
    • runner
    • running
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    Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old Norse fjall, fell ‘hill’; probably related to German Fels ‘rock’.

fell

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fell
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he / she / it fells
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past simple felled
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past participle felled
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-ing form felling
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  1. past tense of fall
  2. fell something to cut down a tree砍伐（树木）
    • Trees were felled and floated downstream.树木被砍伐，然后漂流运送到下游处。
    • illegally felled timber非法砍伐的木材
    Topics The environmentc2
  3. fell somebody (literary) to make somebody fall to the ground击倒，打倒（某人）
    • He felled his opponent with a single blow.他一拳击倒了对手。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originverb Old English fellan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vellen and German fällen, also to fall.

fell

adjective
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(literary)Idioms
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  1. very evil or violent邪恶的；残暴的
    Word Originat/​in one fell swoop. Middle English: from Old French fel, nominative of felon ‘wicked (person)’, from medieval Latin fello, fellon-, of unknown origin.
Idioms
at/in one fell swoop
  1. all at the same time; in a single action, especially a sudden or violent one一下子；一举
    • If the new law is passed, it will remove press freedom in one fell swoop.如果新法律获得通过，它将一举消除新闻自由。