pond

noun

/pɒnd/

/pɑːnd/

Idioms

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a small area of still water, especially one that is artificial
- a fish pond
Extra Examples
- She swam across the pond.
- The Carters had a pond in their back yard.
- The pond is drained every year.
- The ponds are fully stocked with rainbow trout.
- There are goldfish in the pond.
- There were some ducks swimming on the pond.
Topics Geographyc1, Gardensc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- little
- …
verb + pond
- build
- construct
- dig
- …
pond + noun
- life
- water
preposition
- across a/the pond
- in a/the pond
- into a/the pond
- …
phrases
- the bottom, edge, middle, surface, etc. of a pond
See full entry
(informal, humorous) the Atlantic Ocean
- He's relatively unknown on this side of the pond.
- across the pond Critics across the pond have been queuing up to heap praise on the movie.

Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of pound ‘a place where stray animals are kept’; commonly used in dialect in the same sense.

Idioms

a big fish (in a small pond)

单词	pond
释义	pond noun /pɒnd/ /pɑːnd/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image a small area of still water, especially one that is artificial a fish pond Extra Examples She swam across the pond. The Carters had a pond in their back yard. The pond is drained every year. The ponds are fully stocked with rainbow trout. There are goldfish in the pond. There were some ducks swimming on the pond. Topics Geographyc1, Gardensc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big large little … verb + pond build construct dig … pond + noun life water preposition across a/the pond in a/the pond into a/the pond … phrases the bottom, edge, middle, surface, etc. of a pond See full entry (informal, humorous) the Atlantic Ocean He's relatively unknown on this side of the pond. across the pond Critics across the pond have been queuing up to heap praise on the movie. Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of pound ‘a place where stray animals are kept’; commonly used in dialect in the same sense. Idioms a big fish (in a small pond) an important person (in a small community)
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