pound是什么意思？

pound

英[paʊnd] 美[paʊnd]

• n. 英镑，磅，兽栏，重击声；
• vt.& vi. 连续重击，咚咚地走；
• vi. （持续地）苦干，（驾舟时）拍打（水面），（心脏）狂跳，脚步沉重地走（或跑）；
• vt. 连续重击，捣碎，碾碎，强迫吸收，猛烈袭击；

复数：pounds;

第三人称单数：pounds;

过去式：pounded;

过去分词：pounded;

现在分词：pounding;

例句

• 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。
• They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain. 他们企图恢复英镑币值，但劳而无功。
• The pound rallied just before the foreign exchange market closed. 外汇市场将要收盘时, 英镑价格回升了。
• The value of the pound swung downwards. 英镑的价值突然下跌。
• He borrowed a pound off me. 他借我一英镑。
• If you put on another a pound weight the scale can be balanced. 如果你再放上一个一磅的砝码, 这个秤就能平衡。
• All I've got is a 20 pound note and about a pound in silver. 我所有的钱是一张二十英镑的钞票和一枚一英镑的银币。
• These apples cost 40 pence per pound. 这些苹果每磅40便士。
• The pound remained firm against the dollar but fell against yen. 英镑对美元仍然坚挺,但对日元下跌。
• These cost ten pence a pound. 这些东西10便士一磅。

词组

• one's pound of flesh
  something one is strictly or legally entitled to, but which it is ruthless or inhuman to demand 合法但有悖情理的要求
• pound the beat
  (of a police officer) patrol an allocated route or area （警察）按指定路线（或区域）巡逻
• pound something out
  type something with heavy keystrokes 敲击出；按键沉重地打出
• pound the pavement&I{【俚语】}
  To travel the streets on foot, especially in search of work. 踯躅街头：徒步在街上走，尤指找工作

英语四级真题

For students, it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paper-weight that they can't sell back.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
I think I'll probably give them 2 pounds a week.
出自-2010年6月听力原文

英语六级真题

Let's see, Group C, three to five days hire with unlimited mileage is 53 pounds per day.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
For Group C cars is 6 pounds per day
出自-2014年6月听力原文
gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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 .
  例句
  Beer cost three pounds a bottle... 啤酒每瓶3英镑。 A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen. 价值1,000英镑的珠宝和银饰被盗。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  Her weight was under ninety pounds. 她的体重不足90磅。 ...a pound of cheese. 一磅奶酪
• N-COUNT
  （流浪猫狗的）收留所，待领场
  A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners.
• 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.
• 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.
  例句
  He pounded the table with his fist... 他用拳头猛击桌子。 Somebody began pounding on the front door... 有人开始不停地猛敲前门。
• 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.
  例句
  She paused as she pounded the maize grains. 她捣玉米粒时停了一下。
• 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.
  例句
  I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe. 我浑身冒汗，心脏狂跳，呼吸困难。
• 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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  磅
  These cost ten pence a pound. 这些东西10便士一磅。
  英镑
  I advanced 100 pounds more on these books. 这些书我又多预付了100英镑。
• vt. & vi.
  连续重击
  His heart pounded with excitement. 他的心兴奋得怦怦直跳。 The boxer pounded his opponent. 那拳击运动员猛击对手。 The waves were pounding on the shore. 惊涛拍岸。
• vi.
  (驾舟时)拍打(水面)；接连不断地打
  The storm waves pounded against the rocks. 暴风雨的风浪冲击着岩石。
  (持续地)苦干
  He always keeps pounding away at his work. 他经常持续地努力工作。
• vt.
  猛烈袭击；向…猛打
  Three typhoons in a month pounded the city. 在一个月里台风三次袭击这座城市。
  (不断重复地)灌输；强迫吸取
  This truth is being pounded home to them. 正在不断地使他们理解这个道理。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. 16 ounces;
  "he tried to lift 100 pounds"
  2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
  3. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
  4. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
  5. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
  6. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  7. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
  8. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
  9. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
  10. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;
  "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
  11. 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"

行业词典

• 医学： 磅：为英美常衡和药剂系统的一种重量单位；一常衡磅为16盎司或7000格林，相当于453.592克；药剂磅为12盎司，或5760格林，等于373.242克。缩写为lb；
  金融： 英镑区；