英语词汇“pound”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pound1

/paʊnd

noun

1 (abbreviation lb) A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).A short ton is the standard U.S. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight....

Birth weight was recorded in pounds and ounces and converted into kilograms.
Thus, using this value is a bit like rounding off your own weight to the nearest hundred pounds.

2 (also pound sterling) (plural pounds sterling) The basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence.The only exceptions to this convention are quotes in relation to the euro, the pound sterling and the Australian dollar - these three are quoted as dollars per foreign currency....

The data will be required to be submitted on a quarterly basis and will be in the five major currencies of the world, viz., the US dollar, the yen, the Deutsche mark, the pound sterling, and the euro.
For instance, a major reason for the damaging appreciations of the dollar and the pound sterling in the 1980s was tight monetary policy in the United States and United Kingdom respectively.

Synonyms

pound sterling, £

British informal quid, smacker, smackeroo, nicker, oner, oncer

British historical sovereign

2.1 another term for punt⁴.

2.2The basic monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to 100 piastres.He said coalition forces on the ground recovered numerous weapons, 2m Iraqi dinars and Syrian pounds, foreign passports and a satcom radio....

More than seven million Egyptian pounds have been spent on updating it to prepare for privatisation.

2.3The former basic monetary unit of Cyprus, equal to 100 cents.

2.4The basic monetary unit of Sudan.The north, he said, would continue with the dinar and south Sudan would adopt the new Sudan pound.

Phrases

a pound to a penny

one's pound of flesh

Origin

Old English pund, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pond and German Pfund, from Latin (libra) pondo, denoting a Roman ‘pound weight’ of 12 ounces.

This goes back to Latin libra pondo, a Roman weight equivalent to 12 ounces—libra meant ‘scales, balance’ and pondo was ‘by weight’. Libra gives the ‘L’ in the old £sd, for ‘pound, shillings, and pence’ (the d. for denarius, the Latin word for an ancient Roman silver coin, see penny). The money sense, also Old English, arose because the first pound was literally a pound of silver. Pound meaning ‘to beat, strike heavily’ is a different Old English word, as is pound in the sense ‘an enclosure’. In Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice the moneylender Shylock lends the merchant Antonio money on condition that if he fails to repay it on time he must forfeit a pound of his flesh. When Antonio is unable to pay, Shylock insists on holding him to the agreement, but is foiled by the clever pleading of Portia, who argues that if the flesh is taken it must be done without spilling any blood in the process, as the deed specifies flesh only. To demand your pound of flesh has come to mean ‘ruthlessly demand something you are owed’.

Rhymes

pound2

/paʊnd

verb [with object]

1Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly: Patrick pounded the couch with his fists [no object]: pounding on the door, she shouted at the top of her voice...

She narrowed her eyes and turned to the door, wanting to pound whoever was out there.
This city has been pounded by artillery, by air strikes, by bombardment.
A boat from the killer fleet had struck the reef out past the skerries and was being pounded to pieces by the pelting waves.

Synonyms

beat, strike, hit, batter, thump, pummel, punch, rain blows on, belabour, hammer, thrash, set on, tear into, weigh into, bang, crack, drub, welt, thwack

informal bash, clobber, wallop, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a (good) hiding, whack, biff, bop, lay into, pitch into, lace into, let someone have it, knock into the middle of next week, sock, lam, whomp

British informal stick one on, slosh

North American informal boff, bust, slug, light into, whale

Australian/New Zealand informal dong, quilt

literary smite, swinge

beat against, crash against, batter, dash against, crack into/against, lash, strike, hit, buffet

bombard, bomb, shell, blitz, strafe, torpedo, pepper, fire on, attack

archaic cannonade

1.1 [no object] Beat or throb with a strong regular rhythm: her heart was pounding...

His heart pounded quickly, beating out a fierce tattoo in his strong chest as he walked down the paths which wound and turned into dead ends.
There are countless others including some recently written that would take very little to get the blood pounding and the heart throbbing.
The man's eyes darted open as he glanced around the room for a moment, heart pounding and hand throbbing in sympathy with the memory.

Synonyms

throb, thump, thud, hammer, pulsate, pulse, pump, palpitate, race, beat heavily, go pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, vibrate, drum

literary pant, thrill

rare quop

1.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Walk or run with heavy steps: I heard him pounding along the gangway...

They heard heavy footsteps pounding on the stone steps and they saw Matilda standing in front of them with her smile at its most evil.
They could hear him running down the corridor, feet pounding along the steps.
Heavy footsteps pounding down the thickly carpeted steps as Ethan entered the room, one of his endless flings hanging onto his arms.

Synonyms

walk/run heavily, stomp, lumber, clomp, clump, tramp, trudge;

thunder;

Scottish & Northern Irish sprauchle;

North American tromp

2Crush or grind (something) into a powder or paste: pound the cloves with salt and pepper until smooth...

They may have been part of a pre-Christian religious ritual or they may have been communal property in which corn or oats was pounded or ground.
Writing, which ought to nurture and give shape to thought, is instead being used to pound it into a powder and then reconstitute it into gruel.
Slowly add olive oil to loosen the paste as you pound it then add the rest of the cheese.

Synonyms

crush, grind, pulverize, beat, mill, pestle, mash, pulp, bruise, powder, granulate

technical triturate, comminute

archaic bray, levigate

rare kibble

2.1 informal Defeat (an opponent) in a resounding way: [with object and complement]: he pounded the unseeded American 6-2 7-5 7-5...

But in April last year, he pounded him to defeat, knocking him out in the seventh round of a one-sided contest.
He pounded him to defeat inside three rounds.
After 40 pitches he tires, or opponents adjust and pound him.

Phrases

pound the beat

Phrasal verbs

pound something out

Origin

Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin, Low German pün '(building) rubbish'.

pound3

/paʊnd

noun

1A place where stray animals, especially dogs, may be officially taken and kept until claimed by their owners.Aided by a donkey sanctuary welfare officer, he followed a trail that led him to animal pounds and fields in remote areas in the black of night....

It is the animal pound's word against the neighbor's, and although I am guilty of not following the by-law, I hardly think that I deserve the heartache this has caused me.
I couldn't put other people's animals in the pound.

Synonyms

enclosure, compound, pen, yard;

British greenyard

historical pinfold

1.1A place where illegally parked motor vehicles removed by the police are kept until their owners pay a fine in order to reclaim them.At 1930 he and many other vehicles that had been stopped were escorted by police to the pound in East London, where our bakkie was impounded.

1.2 archaic A place of confinement; a trap or prison.

verb [with object] archaic

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

Origin

Late Middle English (earlier in compounds): of uncertain origin. Early use referred to an enclosure for the detention of stray or trespassing cattle.

单词	pound
释义	pound1 /paʊnd / noun 1 (abbreviation lb) A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).A short ton is the standard U.S. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.... Birth weight was recorded in pounds and ounces and converted into kilograms. Thus, using this value is a bit like rounding off your own weight to the nearest hundred pounds. 2 (also pound sterling) (plural pounds sterling) The basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence.The only exceptions to this convention are quotes in relation to the euro, the pound sterling and the Australian dollar - these three are quoted as dollars per foreign currency.... The data will be required to be submitted on a quarterly basis and will be in the five major currencies of the world, viz., the US dollar, the yen, the Deutsche mark, the pound sterling, and the euro. For instance, a major reason for the damaging appreciations of the dollar and the pound sterling in the 1980s was tight monetary policy in the United States and United Kingdom respectively. Synonyms pound sterling, £ British informal quid, smacker, smackeroo, nicker, oner, oncer British historical sovereign 2.1 another term for punt⁴. 2.2The basic monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to 100 piastres.He said coalition forces on the ground recovered numerous weapons, 2m Iraqi dinars and Syrian pounds, foreign passports and a satcom radio.... More than seven million Egyptian pounds have been spent on updating it to prepare for privatisation. 2.3The former basic monetary unit of Cyprus, equal to 100 cents. 2.4The basic monetary unit of Sudan.The north, he said, would continue with the dinar and south Sudan would adopt the new Sudan pound. Phrases a pound to a penny one's pound of flesh Origin Old English pund, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pond and German Pfund, from Latin (libra) pondo, denoting a Roman ‘pound weight’ of 12 ounces. This goes back to Latin libra pondo, a Roman weight equivalent to 12 ounces—libra meant ‘scales, balance’ and pondo was ‘by weight’. Libra gives the ‘L’ in the old £sd, for ‘pound, shillings, and pence’ (the d. for denarius, the Latin word for an ancient Roman silver coin, see penny). The money sense, also Old English, arose because the first pound was literally a pound of silver. Pound meaning ‘to beat, strike heavily’ is a different Old English word, as is pound in the sense ‘an enclosure’. In Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice the moneylender Shylock lends the merchant Antonio money on condition that if he fails to repay it on time he must forfeit a pound of his flesh. When Antonio is unable to pay, Shylock insists on holding him to the agreement, but is foiled by the clever pleading of Portia, who argues that if the flesh is taken it must be done without spilling any blood in the process, as the deed specifies flesh only. To demand your pound of flesh has come to mean ‘ruthlessly demand something you are owed’. Rhymes abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound pound2 /paʊnd / verb [with object] 1Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly: Patrick pounded the couch with his fists [no object]: pounding on the door, she shouted at the top of her voice... She narrowed her eyes and turned to the door, wanting to pound whoever was out there. This city has been pounded by artillery, by air strikes, by bombardment. A boat from the killer fleet had struck the reef out past the skerries and was being pounded to pieces by the pelting waves. Synonyms beat, strike, hit, batter, thump, pummel, punch, rain blows on, belabour, hammer, thrash, set on, tear into, weigh into, bang, crack, drub, welt, thwack informal bash, clobber, wallop, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a (good) hiding, whack, biff, bop, lay into, pitch into, lace into, let someone have it, knock into the middle of next week, sock, lam, whomp British informal stick one on, slosh North American informal boff, bust, slug, light into, whale Australian/New Zealand informal dong, quilt literary smite, swinge beat against, crash against, batter, dash against, crack into/against, lash, strike, hit, buffet bombard, bomb, shell, blitz, strafe, torpedo, pepper, fire on, attack archaic cannonade 1.1 [no object] Beat or throb with a strong regular rhythm: her heart was pounding... His heart pounded quickly, beating out a fierce tattoo in his strong chest as he walked down the paths which wound and turned into dead ends. There are countless others including some recently written that would take very little to get the blood pounding and the heart throbbing. The man's eyes darted open as he glanced around the room for a moment, heart pounding and hand throbbing in sympathy with the memory. Synonyms throb, thump, thud, hammer, pulsate, pulse, pump, palpitate, race, beat heavily, go pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, vibrate, drum literary pant, thrill rare quop 1.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Walk or run with heavy steps: I heard him pounding along the gangway... They heard heavy footsteps pounding on the stone steps and they saw Matilda standing in front of them with her smile at its most evil. They could hear him running down the corridor, feet pounding along the steps. Heavy footsteps pounding down the thickly carpeted steps as Ethan entered the room, one of his endless flings hanging onto his arms. Synonyms walk/run heavily, stomp, lumber, clomp, clump, tramp, trudge; thunder; Scottish & Northern Irish sprauchle; North American tromp 2Crush or grind (something) into a powder or paste: pound the cloves with salt and pepper until smooth... They may have been part of a pre-Christian religious ritual or they may have been communal property in which corn or oats was pounded or ground. Writing, which ought to nurture and give shape to thought, is instead being used to pound it into a powder and then reconstitute it into gruel. Slowly add olive oil to loosen the paste as you pound it then add the rest of the cheese. Synonyms crush, grind, pulverize, beat, mill, pestle, mash, pulp, bruise, powder, granulate technical triturate, comminute archaic bray, levigate rare kibble 2.1 informal Defeat (an opponent) in a resounding way: [with object and complement]: he pounded the unseeded American 6-2 7-5 7-5... But in April last year, he pounded him to defeat, knocking him out in the seventh round of a one-sided contest. He pounded him to defeat inside three rounds. After 40 pitches he tires, or opponents adjust and pound him. Phrases pound the beat Phrasal verbs pound something out Origin Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin, Low German pün '(building) rubbish'. pound3 /paʊnd / noun 1A place where stray animals, especially dogs, may be officially taken and kept until claimed by their owners.Aided by a donkey sanctuary welfare officer, he followed a trail that led him to animal pounds and fields in remote areas in the black of night.... It is the animal pound's word against the neighbor's, and although I am guilty of not following the by-law, I hardly think that I deserve the heartache this has caused me. I couldn't put other people's animals in the pound. Synonyms enclosure, compound, pen, yard; British greenyard historical pinfold 1.1A place where illegally parked motor vehicles removed by the police are kept until their owners pay a fine in order to reclaim them.At 1930 he and many other vehicles that had been stopped were escorted by police to the pound in East London, where our bakkie was impounded. 1.2 archaic A place of confinement; a trap or prison. verb [with object] archaic Shut (an animal) in a pound. Origin Late Middle English (earlier in compounds): of uncertain origin. Early use referred to an enclosure for the detention of stray or trespassing cattle.
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