pound
n. 英镑; 英镑币制; 英镑与外币的比值; 磅; 收留所; 扣留场
v. 用力击打; 咚咚地走; 捣碎; 剧烈跳动; 狂烈轰炸; 大声播放
The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol £. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound .
Beer cost three pounds a bottle...
啤酒每瓶3英镑。
A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen.
价值1,000英镑的珠宝和银饰被盗。
The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds.
The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.
英镑对大多数其他货币的汇率有望继续升高。
A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound.
Her weight was under ninety pounds.
她的体重不足90磅。
...a pound of cheese.
一磅奶酪
A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners.
A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners.
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
He pounded the table with his fist...
他用拳头猛击桌子。
Somebody began pounding on the front door...
有人开始不停地猛敲前门。
If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces.
She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
她捣玉米粒时停了一下。
If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid.
I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.
我浑身冒汗,心脏狂跳,呼吸困难。
If you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from.
Banks are quick to demand their pound of flesh when overdrafts run a little over the limit.
透支稍微超出限额时,银行便会很快要求归还欠款。
1. 16 ounces;
2. the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
3. the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
4. the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
5. the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
6. formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
7. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
8. the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
9. a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
10. a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;
11. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);
1. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;
2. strike or drive against with a heavy impact;
3. move heavily or clumsily;
4. move rhythmically;
5. partition off into compartments;
6. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;
7. place or shut up in a pound;
8. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;
one's pound of flesh
合法但有悖情理的要求
pound the beat
(警察)按指定路线(或区域)巡逻
pound something out
敲击出;按键沉重地打出
pound the pavement&I{【俚语】}
踯躅街头:徒步在街上走,尤指找工作
Recent renewed surge of the dollar has helped send the pound and the French franc to new lows.
美元最近的重新增值使英镑和法朗下跌到新的低度.
The tickets are one pound apiece.
这些票是每张一英镑.
All I've got is a 20 pound note and about a pound in silver.
我所有的钱是一张二十英镑的钞票和一枚一英镑的银币.
It was decided to float the pound because a fixed value was damaging exports.
决定浮动英镑的汇率,因为固定汇率不利于出口贸易.
Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me?
请给我磨一磅咖啡好 吗 ?