| 单词 | impound |
| 释义 | impound (once / 11634 pages) v To impound something is to legally take it away from its owner. The police might impound your car if you were parked in front of a fire hydrant. Sometimes a city will impound a driver's car after they've accumulated many unpaid parking tickets. Another reason to impound someone's vehicle is because they haven't been making their loan payments — in a case like this, the bank that holds the loan might impound the car. A second meaning of impound is to shut an animal inside an enclosure or pound. WORD FAMILYimpound: impounded, impounding, impoundment, impounds+/impounding: impoundings/impoundment: impoundments USAGE EXAMPLESPolice say an employee at Baltimore City’s Impound Lot discovered an unidentified man’s body Tuesday morning inside the 2001 Chevy Astro van. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) The Vintage Air Rally planes crossed "illegally" into Ethiopian from Sudan, officials say, and are currently impounded at an airport in Gambela. BBC(Nov 24, 2016) With the shooter’s gun impounded as evidence, local gun shop owner Mark Williams says he reached out to offer the man a replacement firearm. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment Syn|Hypo|Hyper attach, confiscate, seize, sequester sequester requisition forcibly, as of enemy property condemn appropriate (property) for public use garnish, garnisheetake a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support distrainconfiscate by distress take take into one's possession 2v place or shut up in a pound Syn|Hyper pound pound, pound up shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits confine, hold, restrain to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement |
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