fur

Compared meaning: an animal's hairy coat or skin (noun).

比较义项：动物的毛皮（名词）。

• fur 本词

  Names only the soft hair itself, not the skin, and freely describes a living animal's coat; used for texture, warmth, or general appearance.

  只指毛发本身（不包括皮肤），可以自由地形容活着动物的毛，多用来描述毛发的质感、保暖性或整体外观。

  The rabbit's fur turned white as winter approached.

  冬天快到时，兔子的毛变白了。

• pelt

  Names the whole skin with its fur still attached, almost always removed from a dead animal; used in hunting, trapping, and the fur trade, never for a living animal's coat.

  指连皮带毛的整块皮，几乎总是从死去的动物身上剥下来的，多用于狩猎、捕猎和毛皮贸易，不用来形容活着动物的毛。

  The hunter stretched the beaver pelt over a frame to cure it.

  猎人把海狸的整块毛皮绷在架子上晾制。

Fur and pelt are both about an animal's coat. Fur names only the soft hair itself, and can describe a living animal. Pelt names the whole skin with fur still attached, usually from a dead animal, used in hunting and the fur trade.

这两个词都跟动物的毛皮有关，但侧重不同：fur 只指毛发本身，柔软浓密，可以用来形容活着的动物；pelt 指连皮带毛剥下来的整块皮，通常来自死去的动物，多见于狩猎和毛皮贸易的语境。