pound
- n.磅;镑(英国以外某些国家的货币单位);英镑(英国货币单位，等于100便士);违章停车车辆扣留场;流浪狗收留所;英镑与外币的比值
- v.捣碎;(心脏)狂跳;怦怦地跳;狂轰滥炸;大声播放;连续砰砰地猛击;反复击打;咚咚地走
复数： pounds 过去式： pounded 现在分词： pounding 过去分词： pounded 第三人称单数： pounds
poundnoun
钱 money
英镑（英国货币单位，等于100便士）
the unit of money in the UK, worth 100 pence
a ten-pound note
一张十英镑的钞票
a pound coin
一英镑的硬币
I've spent £25 on food today.
我今天的餐费花了25英镑。
What would you do if you won a million pounds?
你要是赢了一百万英镑，你想怎么用？
镑（英国以外某些国家的货币单位）
the unit of money of several other countries
英镑与外币的比值
the value of the British pound compared with the value of the money of other countries
the strength/weakness of the pound (against other currencies)
英镑坚挺 / 疲软
The pound closed slightly down at $1.534.
英镑的汇价略跌，收盘时为1.534美元。
重量 weight
磅（重量单位，合0.454千克）
a unit for measuring weight, equal to 0.454 of a kilogram
half a pound of butter
半磅黄油
They cost two dollars a pound .
这些东西每磅两元。
I've lost six and a half pounds since I started my diet.
从节食以来，我体重已减轻了六磅半。
汽车 for cars
违章停车车辆扣留场
a place where vehicles that have been parked illegally are kept until their owners pay to get them back
狗 for dogs
流浪狗收留所
a place where dogs that have been found in the street without their owners are kept until their owners claim them
the full amount that sb owes you, even if this will cause them trouble or suffering
used to say that since you have started to do sth, it is worth spending as much time or money as you need to in order to complete it
verb
击打 hit
反复击打；连续砰砰地猛击
to hit sth/sb hard many times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise
Heavy rain pounded on the roof.
暴雨???地砸在屋顶上。
Someone was pounding at the door.
有人在砰砰地敲门。
The factory's machinery pounded away day and night.
工厂的机器昼夜轰隆作响。
She pounded him with her fists.
她用拳头一个劲地擂他。
嗵嗵走动 walk noisily
咚咚地走
to move with noisy steps
She pounded along the corridor after him.
她跟着他在走廊里咚咚地走过。
心脏；血液 of heart/blood
（心脏）狂跳，怦怦地跳
to beat quickly and loudly
Her heart was pounding with excitement.
她激动得心脏怦怦直跳。
The blood was pounding (= making a beating noise) in his ears.
他听到血液在耳中怦怦搏动的声音。
Her head began to pound.
她的头开始怦怦地抽痛。
a pounding headache
锤击般的头痛
粉碎 break into pieces
捣碎；击碎
to hit sth many times in order to break it into smaller pieces
The seeds were pounded to a fine powder.
子粒被捣成了细粉。
轰炸 attack with bombs
狂轰滥炸
to attack an area with a large number of bombs over a period of time
The area is still being pounded by rebel guns.
这个地区仍然遭受着叛军炮火的轰击。
音乐 of music
大声播放
to be played loudly
Rock music was pounding out from the jukebox.
自动点唱机高声播放着摇滚乐。
（用乐器）大声弹奏
to play music loudly on a musical instrument
to pound out a tune on the piano
在钢琴上用力弹奏曲子
All these words mean to hit sb/sth many times, especially hard.以上各词均含反复敲打之义，尤指使劲地击打。
to hit sb/sth a lot of times, especially very hard指反复敲打、使劲锤砸：
Someone was beating at the door.
有人在打门。
A young man was found beaten to death last night.
昨天夜里有人发现一名小伙子被打死了。
At that time, children were often beaten for quite minor offences (= as a punishment) .
那时候，孩子们常常因为很小的过错而挨打。
to hit sb/sth hard a lot of times, especially in a way that causes serious damage指连续猛击，尤指殴打致伤或造成破坏：
He had been badly battered around the head and face.
他被打得鼻青脸肿。
Severe winds have been battering the coast.
狂风一直在海岸肆虐。
to hit sb/sth hard a lot of times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise指连续猛击，尤指发出砰砰的撞击声：
Heavy rain pounded on the roof.
暴雨砰砰砰地砸在屋顶上。
to hit sb/sth a lot of times, especially with your fists (= tightly closed hands)指反复拳打、捶打
to hit sb/sth with a lot of force指猛击、狠打：
The rain lashed at the window.
雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
to hit sb/sth hard a lot of times, in a way that is noisy or violent指大声、猛烈地反复敲打、连续击打：
He hammered the door with his fists.
他不断地用拳头擂门。
There is not much difference in meaning between these two, but to pound is sometimes a steadier action. To hammer can be more violent and it is often used figuratively. |
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N-COUNT 英镑（英国货币单位，等于100便士）；镑（埃及等国的货币单位）
The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol £. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound .Beer cost three pounds a bottle...
啤酒每瓶3英镑。
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N-SING 英镑币制；镑币制
The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds.The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.
英镑对大多数其他货币的汇率有望继续升高。
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N-COUNT 磅（英美等一些讲英语的国家的重量单位，合0.454千克）
A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound.Her weight was under ninety pounds.
她的体重不足90磅。
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N-COUNT （流浪猫狗的）收留所，待领场
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N-COUNT （违章停放车辆的）扣留场
A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners. -
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VERB 用力击打；连续砰砰地猛击
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.He pounded the table with his fist...
他用拳头猛击桌子。
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VERB 把…捣成粉状；捣碎；舂烂
If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces.She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
她捣玉米粒时停了一下。
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VERB （常因恐惧而心脏）剧烈跳动，怦怦地跳
If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid.I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.
我浑身冒汗，心脏狂跳，呼吸困难。
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...the fast pounding of her heart.
她快速的心跳
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PHRASE （不顾别人痛苦而坚决要求的）应得的东西
If you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from.Banks are quick to demand their pound of flesh when overdrafts run a little over the limit.
透支稍微超出限额时，银行便会很快要求归还欠款。
noun
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- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
- the pounding of feet on the hallway
- Synonym: hammer hammering pounding
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- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
- Synonym: dog pound
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- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- Synonym: pound sign
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- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- Synonym: lbf.
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- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;equal to 100 pence
- Synonym: British pound British pound sterling pound sterling quid
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- the basic unit of money in Cyprus;equal to 100 cents
- Synonym: Cypriot pound
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- the basic unit of money in Egypt;equal to 100 piasters
- Synonym: Egyptian pound
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- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland;equal to 100 pence
- Synonym: Irish pound Irish punt punt
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- the basic unit of money in Lebanon;equal to 100 piasters
- Synonym: Lebanese pound
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- the basic unit of money in the Sudan;equal to 100 piasters
- Synonym: Sudanese pound
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- the basic unit of money in Syria;equal to 100 piasters
- Synonym: Syrian pound
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- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
- Synonym: lb
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- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
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- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
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- place or shut up in a pound
- pound the cows so they don't stray
- Synonym: impound
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- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- The prisoners are safely pounded
- Synonym: pound up
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- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- the salesman pounded the door knocker
- a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
- Synonym: thump poke
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- partition off into compartments
- The locks pound the water of the canal
- Synonym: pound off
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- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- ram the gate with a sledgehammer
- pound on the door
- Synonym: ram ram down
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- move rhythmically
- Her heart was beating fast
- Synonym: beat thump
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- move heavily or clumsily
- The heavy man lumbered across the room
- Synonym: lumber
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You need just one pound to open a bank account with us .
你只需一英镑就可在我行开立一个账户。
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The company 's performance was impacted by the high value of the pound .
公司的业绩受到了英镑高值的冲击。
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It will cost two , maybe three hundred pounds .
这个要花二百英镑，或许三百英镑。
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What would you do if you won a million pounds ?
你要是赢了一百万英镑，你想怎么用？
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The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business .
罢工使他们失去了几千英镑的生意。
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I 've lost ten pounds since I started this diet .
这次节食开始以来我体重减了十磅。
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The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems .
公司花了几千英镑更新计算机系统。
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You can change back unused dollars into pounds at the bank .
你可以到银行把没有用掉的美元兑换回英镑。
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That one mistake left him thousands of pounds out of pocket .
那一次失误让他损失了数千英镑。
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The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive .
这枚炸弹装有几磅烈性炸药。
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Five pounds doesn 't buy much nowadays .
如今五英镑买不到多少东西了。
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They cost two dollars a pound .
这些东西每磅两元。
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I 've lost six and a half pounds since I started my diet .
从节食以来，我体重已减轻了六磅半。
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The winner will receive ten pounds ' worth of books .
获胜者将得到价值十英镑的书籍。
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Fifty pounds is the best I can offer you .
我顶多出五十英镑。
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The builders presented a bill for several hundred pounds .
承建商送来了一份数百英镑的账单。
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You can be paid in pounds sterling or American dollars .
可以付你英镑，也可以付你美元。
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Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today .
今天的股票价格下挫造成数十亿英镑的损失。
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British exports have been handicapped by the strong pound .
英镑坚挺影响了英国的出口。
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The area is still being pounded by rebel guns .
这个地区仍然遭受着叛军炮火的轰击。
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The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar .
英镑对美元的比价降到了有记录以来最低水平。
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Both boxers weighed in at several pounds below the limit .
两个拳击手赛前量的体重都比规定限度少几磅。
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The pound closed slightly down at $ 1.534 .
英镑的汇价略跌，收盘时为1.534美元。
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How much is a thousand pounds in euros ?
一千英镑合多少欧元？
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The standard rate of income tax was cut to 23p in the pound .
所得税的标准税率削减到了每英镑23便士。
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The seeds were pounded to a fine powder .
子粒被捣成了细粉。
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The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds .
这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。
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He 's six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds .
他身高六英尺，体重200磅。
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Her head began to pound .
她的头开始怦怦地抽痛。
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Yesterday the pound strengthened against the dollar .
昨天，英镑对美元的汇率上升了。
尤指心脏有规律地跳动，或指鸟类有节奏地拍打翅膀。
Her heart is beating fast.
她的心跳得很快。
The birds are beating their wings.
鸟儿扑扇着翅膀。
特指鸟儿或有翅膀的昆虫快速而轻轻地振动翅膀。
The young bird fluttered her wings up and down, hoping to fly.
小鸟上下拍动着翅膀，想要飞起来。
The bees are fluttering among the flowers.
蜜蜂在花丛中飞舞。
指激动、生气、愤怒等时心脏剧烈地跳动；也指使劲地连续击打。
His heart pounded with anger.
他气得心脏怦怦直跳。
He pounded the table angrily.
他气得猛拍桌子。
He was pounding on the door.
他在砰砰地敲门。
指心脏、动脉等有规律地振动或有节奏地舒张和收缩。
His heart pulsated with excitement.
他激动得心脏怦怦直跳。
She felt her heart pulsate with the aftershock.
她感觉自己的心在随着余震一起跳动。
We could see the veins in her neck pulsating.
我们看到她脖子上的血管在跳动。
指因恐惧或激动而心脏怦怦直跳。
His heart thumped with fear.
他吓得心怦怦直跳。
My heart began to thump wildly.
我的心开始狂跳起来。
普通用词，指圈养鸟兽的器物，通常用铁丝或铁条制成。
a bird/squirrel cage
鸟笼/松鼠笼
The tiger paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
老虎烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
尤指动物园的大型鸟舍或鸟类饲养场。
There we saw many different kinds of birds in the aviary.
在那里，我们看到大鸟笼里有很多不同种类的鸟。
指关养家禽、兔子等小型动物的笼子或栏舍，尤指鸡笼。
a coop for keeping poultry
饲养家禽的笼子
Who is the man standing near the chicken coop?
站在鸡笼边上的那个人是谁？
指收留走失的狗或猫的地方，在此处这些动物由专人看管，直到其主人前来认领为止。
There's a dog pound on the corner.
拐角处有个走失宠物狗待领所。
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