名詞 pellet:

1. a small sphere
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
   同義詞：shot

1. A small pill or pellet.
   小藥丸，小糖丸
2. A hard pellet of snow and ice.
   雹塊一種堅硬的冰雪團(tuán)

pel.let

n.（名詞）
A small, solid or densely packed ball or mass, as of food, wax, or medicine.
顆粒狀物，小丸：如食物、蠟或藥等固態(tài)的或被緊包成一團(tuán)的小球或小丸

A bullet or piece of small shot.
一顆子彈或一塊小的射擊物
A stone ball, used as a catapult missile or a primitive cannonball.
石彈：一種用作彈弩或原始大炮子彈的石球
v.tr.（及物動詞）
pel.let.ed,pel.let.ing,pel.lets
To make or form into pellets.
使成彈丸狀
To strike with pellets.
用子彈打

來源：
Middle English pelet
中古英語 pelet
from Old French pelote
源自 古法語 pelote
from Vulgar Latin *pilotta
源自 俗拉丁語 *pilotta
diminutive of Latin pila [ball]
拉丁語 pila的小后綴 [球]