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单词 pond
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pondnoun [ C ]

uk/pɒnd/us/pɑːnd/

B2 an area of water smaller than a lake, often artificially made:

a duck pond
the pond [ S ] informal

a humorous way of referring to the Atlantic Ocean, when it is thought of as separating the UK or Europe and the US:

It's good to get a view from the other side of the pond.

More examples

  • The children enjoy floating their boats on the pond in the park.
  • The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.
  • a stagnant pond
  • The pond was alive with frogs.
  • Several large fish live in the pond.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Inland waters

  • body
  • crater lake
  • fiord
  • fjord
  • L, l
  • lake
  • loch
  • lough
  • millpond
  • oasis
  • oxbow lake
  • pool
  • reservoir
  • ribbon lake
  • slop
  • stretch
  • tank
  • tarn
  • waterhole
  • waterway

pondnoun [ C ]

us/pɑnd/

a still area of water smaller than a lake, often artificially made

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