pow

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pow /paʊ/ interjection  SOUNDused to represent the sound of a gun firing, an explosion, or someone hitting another person hard, especially in children’s comics 啪，砰〔表示枪声、爆炸声或打人的声音，尤用于儿童漫画中〕

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POW /ˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbəljuː $ -oʊ-/ noun [countable]  PMa prisoner of war 战俘

Examples from the Corpus

POW• We drove through that, and it was at this time that we captured 15 to 20 POWs and lots of equipment.• All POWs have been released.• The company now admits it is likely that the facilities were partly staffed by forced labor and POWs during this period.• After commencing retraining, the ex POWs, like most soldiers on a home posting, endeavoured to get home at weekends.• He received about 20 letters from ex-regimental POWs who were in need; these were passed on to the regiment.• Most of all, Nixon justified the continuation of the war by raising the issue of the POWs held by Hanoi.Origin pow (1800-1900) From the sound

pow interjectionPOW nounChinese  

to an of the a gun used Corpus sound represent firing,

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POW /ˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbəljuː $ -oʊ-/ noun [countable]
a prisoner of war

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pow /paʊ/ interjectionused to represent the sound of a gun firing, an explosion, or someone hitting another person hard, especially in children’s comics

POWBrE /ˌpiː əʊ ˈdʌbljuː/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpiː oʊ ˈdʌbljuː/ 🔊 nounthe abbreviation for prisoner of war 战俘，俘虏（全写为 prisoner of war）◆a POW camp战俘营

powBrE /paʊ/ 🔊NAmE /paʊ/ 🔊 exclamationused to express the sound of an explosion, a gun firing or sb hitting sb else （爆炸声、枪声或打人的声音）嘭，乒，砰