| 单词 | pound |
| 释义 | Word Frequency pound 1(paʊnd) verb 1. (when intr, often foll by on or at) to strike heavily and often 2. (transitive) to beat to a pulp; pulverize 3. (transitive) to instil by constant drilling to pound Latin into him 4. (transitive; foll by out) to produce, as by typing heavily 5. to walk (the pavement, street, etc) repeatedly he pounded the pavement looking for a job 6. (intransitive) to throb heavily noun 7. a heavy blow; thump 8. the act of pounding Derived forms pounder (ˈpounder) noun Word origin Old English pūnian; related to Dutch puin rubbleWord Frequency pound 2(paʊnd) noun 1. an enclosure, esp one maintained by a public authority, for keeping officially removed vehicles or distrained goods or animals, esp stray dogs 2. a place where people are confined 3. a. a trap for animals b. a trap or keepnet for fish pound net verb 4. (transitive) to confine in or as if in a pound; impound, imprison, or restrain Word origin C14: from Late Old English pund- as in pundfeald pinfoldWord Frequency pound 3(paʊnd) noun 1. an avoirdupois unit of weight that is divided into 16 ounces and is equal to 0.453 592 kilograms Abbreviation: lb 2. a troy unit of weight divided into 12 ounces equal to 0.373 242 kilograms Abbreviation: lb tr, lb t3. an apothecaries' unit of weight, used in the US, that is divided into 5760 grains and is equal toone pound troy 4. (not in technical usage) a unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound avoirdupois where the acceleration of free fall is 32.174 feet per second per second Abbreviation: lbf5. a. the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and various UK overseas territories, divided into 100 pence Official name: pound sterlingb. (as modifier) a pound coin 6. (the standard monetary unit of the following countries) a. Cyprus (formerly): divided into 100 cents b. Egypt: divided into 100 piastres c. Lebanon: divided into 100 piastres d. Sudan: divided into 100 piastres e. South Sudan: divided into 100 piastres f. Syria: divided into 100 piastres 7. another name for lira (sense 2) 8. Also called: pound Scots a former Scottish monetary unit originally worth an English pound but later declining in value to 1 shilling 8 pence 9. Also called: punt the former standard monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland, divided into 100 pence;replaced by the euro in 2002 Word origin Old English pund, from Latin pondō pound; related to German Pfund pound, Latin pondus weightWord Frequency Pound(paʊnd) noun Ezra (Loomis). 1885–1972, US poet, translator, and critic, living in Europe. Indicted for treason by the US government (1945) for pro-Fascist broadcasts during World War II, he was committed to a mental hospital until 1958. He was a founder of imagism and championed the early work of such writers as T. S. Eliot, Joyce, and Hemingway. His life work, the Cantos (1925–70), is an unfinished sequence of poems, which incorporates mythological and historical materials in several languages as well as political, economic, and autobiographical elements |
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