| 单词 | pound |
| 释义 | pound (once / 103 pages) 1n 2n 3vn 4v 5nv WORD FAMILY pound: poundage, pounded, pounder, pounding, pounds+/pounder: pounders/pounding: poundings USAGE EXAMPLESDuring the 30 weeks of the show, the contestants lost an average of over 125 pounds per person. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The baby was a strapping 6 pounds, 12 ounces, with thick, curly black hair like his father’s. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Elliott, pound for pound, is a more electric football player than Prescott. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n 16 ounces avoirdupois he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds Syn|Hyper lb avoirdupois unit any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights 2n a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy Hyper force unit a unit of measurement of physical force 3n a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec 2Syn|Hyper lbf. force unit a unit of measurement of physical force 1n the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence Syn|Hyper British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid British monetary unit monetary unit in Great Britain 2n a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) Syn|Hyper pound sign symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance 3n the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters Syn|Hyper Syrian pound Syrian monetary unit monetary unit in Syria 4n the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters Syn|Hyper Sudanese pound Sudanese monetary unit monetary unit in the Sudan 5n the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters Syn|Hyper Lebanese pound Lebanese monetary unit monetary unit in Lebanon 6n the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters Syn|Hyper Egyptian pound Egyptian monetary unit monetary unit in Egypt 7n the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents Syn|Hyper Cypriot pound Cypriot monetary unit monetary unit in Cyprus 8n formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence 3Syn|Hyper Irish pound, Irish punt, punt Irish monetary unit monetary unit in Eire 1v hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument the salesman pounded the door knocker Syn|Hyper poke, thump hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 2v break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle pound the roots with a heavy flat stone Hyper break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize break or cause to break into pieces 3v strike or drive against with a heavy impact pound on the door Syn|Hyper ram, ram down thrust push forcefully 4n the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) 4Syn|Hyper hammer, hammering, pounding blow a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon 1v move heavily or clumsily Syn|Hyper lumber walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2v move rhythmically 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper beat, thump beat indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks pulsate, pulse, throb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically flutter, palpitatebeat rapidly thrashbeat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all flapmove noisily move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 1n a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound Syn|Hyper dog pound enclosure a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose 2v place or shut up in a pound pound the cows so they don't stray Syn|Hyper impound 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 3v shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits The prisoners are safely pounded Syn|Hyper pound up impound place or shut up in a pound confine, hold, restrain to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement 4v partition off into compartments The locks pound the water of the canal Syn|Hyper pound off partition, partition off divide into parts, pieces, or sections Pound (once / 4621 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pound: Pounds USAGE EXAMPLESDuring a hospitalization in 1954, he often chatted to Ezra Pound, who was a friend—but not actually there. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) But based on what the critics are saying so far, this one is more like “Seven Pounds.” New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Seven Pounds is, of course, the movie where a grief-stricken Will Smith commits suicide by sharing a bathtub with a jellyfish. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) n United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) Syn|Exp Ezra Loomis Pound, Ezra Pound poet a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) author, writerwrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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