pound

英 [paʊnd] 美 [paʊnd]

• n. 磅；英镑
• n. （汽车）扣押所；宠物收留所
• vt. 捣碎；敲打；连续猛击
• vi. 咚咚地走；怦怦地响

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. 磅

   a unit of weight equal to 0.454 kilograms

2. [C]英镑

   the standard unit of money in Britain, divided into 100 pence

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 连续重击

   strike heavily and repeatedly

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 磅
2. 英镑，英镑的汇率
3. 牲畜栏，官设兽栏
4. 汽车扣押场
5. 渔塘
6. 重击（声），砰砰的打击（声）
7. 动物收容所，走失动物认领栏
8. 拘留处，监禁所
9. 庞德（音译名）
10. 连续打击
11. 镑（英国以外某些国家的货币单位）

v. 动词

1. 捣碎，击碎，舂烂，把...捣成粉
2. 扣押，监禁，拘留
3. 灌输
4. 脚步沉重地走，重步前进，咚咚地走
5. 猛击，猛打，重打，重敲，连续重击
6. 敲打，连续不断地打，反复击打
7. 剧跳
8. 隆隆地行驶
9. 苦干
10. <古>把（牲畜）关在栏内，把关进兽栏监禁
11. 乱打
12. 打硪
13. 接连不断地开炮，狂轰滥炸
14. 验称重量
15. 大声弹奏，大声播放
16. 狂跳，怦怦地跳
17. 拍打（水面）
18. 跳动，悸动，响动

英英释义

Noun:

1. 16 ounces avoirdupois;

   "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
   

2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

3. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

4. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

5. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

6. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

7. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

8. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

9. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

10. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

11. United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

12. a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

13. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;

    "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
    

14. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

    "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"
    "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
    

Verb:

1. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;

   "the salesman pounded the door knocker"
   "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
   

2. strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

   "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"
   "pound on the door"
   

3. move heavily or clumsily;

   "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
   

4. move rhythmically;

   "Her heart was beating fast"
   

5. partition off into compartments;

   "The locks pound the water of the canal"
   

6. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;

   "The prisoners are safely pounded"
   

7. place or shut up in a pound;

   "pound the cows so they don't stray"
   

8. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;

   "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I lost several pounds last month.
   我上个月瘦了好几磅。
2. The shop is selling choice apple, so I buy 3 pound.
   那商店在卖上选苹果,所以我买了三磅。
3. There is a 1 pound admission charge.
   入场费为1英镑。
4. I paid him b pound , and he gave me 20 pence change.
   我付了一英镑

用作名词 (n.)

1. Have you redeemed your car from the pound?
   你有没有取回被扣的汽车?

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The farmers pound rice in a mortar.
   农民们在臼中舂米。
2. He had to pound the nails into the board with a stone.
   他只好用石块将钉子敲进木板。
3. He pounded the table angrily.
   他生气地猛拍桌子。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Do not pound up the stairs!
   上楼梯不要跺脚！
2. Her head began to pound.
   她的头开始怦怦地抽痛。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Sugar is still sold by the pound here.
   这里食糖仍然论磅卖。
2. He can lift a hundred pounds with ease.
   他能很容易地举起100磅。
3. Each passenger is allowed 30 pounds of luggage free of charge.
   每个旅客可以免费携带行李30磅。
4. He bears down on the scales at 376 pounds. He is the heaviest man I've ever seen.
   他在磅秤上称的体重为376磅,他是我所见到的最胖的人。
5. Those cost ten pence a pound.
   这些东西10便士一磅。
6. The value of the British pound is less than it was 100 years ago.
   英镑的币值已不如100年前高。
7. Jane's aunt allowed three pounds to her every week.
   简的姨妈每周给她3英镑。
8. He bet me a hundred pounds that I wouldn't get through.
   他和我打赌100英镑说我通过不了。
9. It was decided to float the pound because a fixed value was damaging exports.
   决定浮动英镑的汇率,因为固定汇率不利于出口贸易。
10. The government is considering further action to keep the pound from falling in value.
    政府正在考虑采取进一步措施避免英镑贬值。
11. She gave a contribution of 500 pounds to the Children's Hospital.
    她捐赠500英镑给儿童医院。
12. The floods caused damage estimated at over a million pounds.
    洪水造成的损失估计超过100万英镑。
13. He bid a quarter of million pounds for the portrait.
    他对那幅肖像画出价25万英镑。
14. As from Sunday,May 1st, all fares on the corporation's transport services will be increased by ten pence in the pound.
    从5月1日即星期日起,本公司运输费将每磅提高10便士。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. I felt my heart pounding.
   我觉得我的心在怦怦跳动。
2. She was crouched over a typewriter which she pounded furiously.
   她弯着身子伏在打字机上,一个劲地打字。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The boxer pounded his opponent.
   那位拳击运动员猛击对手。
2. He pounded the door angrily.
   他生气地嘭嘭敲着门。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + n./adj./prep. -phrase

1. The surf had pounded the beach solid, so it was easy to walk on.
   海浪已把海滩冲击得非常沉实,所以很容易在上面行走。
2. The machine pounded the stones into powder.
   这台机器把石头碾成粉末。
3. Pound the meat into a paste.
   把这肉捣成肉酱。
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4. The ship was pounded to pieces against the rocks.
   那船在岩石上撞得粉碎。

经典引文

• Excellent balsam may be purchased for a penny a pound.

  出自： G. Berkeley

• His weight had dropped to 108 pounds.

  出自： P. Mailloux

• A pound for taking deer alive.

  出自： G. Cartwright

• There was the heavy pound of rhythm and blues.

  出自： S. Naipaul

• The cassava will be dried and pounded..to make the..flour.

  出自： V. S. Reid

• We..pounded the tablets until we had five initial doses.

  出自： J. Herriot

• Chatila was being pounded to rubble.

  出自： fig.

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

have one's pound of flesh

(坚持)要讨回全部数额(尽管合法但不合理) (insist on) receiving the full amount that is legally due to one even when it is morally offensive to do so

用作动词 (v.)

pound at (v.+prep.)

连续不断地轰击 fire steadily at the same place

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• change a pound 兑换一英镑
• cost a pound 花了一英镑
• gain a pound 增加一磅
• spend a pound 花了一英镑

形容词+～

• troy pound 金衡磅
• avoirdupois pound 常衡磅

名词+～

• two pounds 两磅〔英镑〕

介词+～

• by the pound 按每磅(计价)
• in for pound 坚决干到底,一不做二不休

～+介词

• pound for 均等地
• pound of butter 一磅黄油

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• pound grain 碾谷子
• pound opponent 猛击对手
• pound piano 弹钢琴
• pound table 敲桌子

～+副词

• pound angrily 怒气冲冲地撞击
• pound faithfully 有信心地击
• pound furiously 愤怒地撞击
• pound incessantly 持续不断地撞击
• pound quickly 迅速地撞击
• pound rapidly 迅速地撞击
• pound reluctantly 不情愿地撞击
• pound shortly 立即撞击
• pound thunderously 发出雷声似地重击
• pound tirelessly 持久地撞击
• pound unbelievably 不可思议地撞击
• pound away 抨击
• pound out 连续猛击而产生
• pound out a list 打出一张单子
• pound out a song 弹出一首曲子

～+介词

• pound along the road 脚步沉重地一路走去
• pound at the door 砰砰敲门
• pound down the road 隆隆驶过
• pound into a fine powder 碾成细粉
• pound into the house 脚步沉重地进入屋子
• pound nails into a board 把钉子钉进木板
• pound on drums 击鼓
• pound on the door 嘭嘭擂门
• pound up the stairs 脚步沉重地上楼
• pound the door with fist 用拳擂门

词语用法

1. 表示“磅”时，pound在数字后可以单数形式pound或是复数形式pounds出现，但复数形式比较常见，如four pound(s) of sugar；
2. 在表示“几镑几先令”时，多用pound，且镑与先令之间不需要用and来连接，如five pound ten shillings（五镑十先令）；
3. 在表示“几镑几便士”时，只可用pounds，且镑与便士间需要用and来连接，如five pounds and ten pence（五镑十便士）；
4. 在表示“几镑几先令几便士”时，多用pound，且在便士前加and，如five pound, ten shillings, and ten pence（五镑十先令十便士）；
5. 美国人习惯上用pound（磅）来计量体重，而英国人则喜欢用stone（英式）来计量体重。

   He weighs a hundred and fifty pound(s).（美国）
   他体重为150磅。

n. (名词)

2. pound作“磅”解时是重量单位,一磅相当于0.454千克或16盎司,是可数名词,可缩写为lb。
3. pound作“英镑”解时是英国的主货单位,一英镑等于100便士,是可数名词,可用符号￡表示。
4. 表示“每一磅〔镑〕”可用不定冠词a(相当于per),而不可用one。

v. (动词)

1. pound的基本意思是“连续地击打”,可指人击打对手,也可指海浪等“连续地拍打海岸”,还可指“心连续地跳”。
2. pound可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词作宾语,也可接以形容词或介词短语充当补足语的复合宾语。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的pund，意为称重。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bang
• beat
• hit
• knock
• strike