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pound1 /paʊnd/ ●●● S1 W2 noun  1  weight 重量 [countable] (written abbreviation lb)TM a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 kilograms 磅〔重量单位，相当于16盎司或0.454公斤〕pound of a pound of apples 一磅苹果 Moira weighs about 130 pounds. 莫伊拉的体重约为130磅。 The grapes cost $2 a pound. 葡萄的价格是2美元一磅。2  money 钱 [countable] (also pound sterling) a) PEC £ the standard unit of money in Britain, which is divided into 100 pence 英镑〔英国标准货币单位，等于100便士〕 They spent over a thousand pounds. 他们花了一千多英镑。 a multi-million pound business 一笔几百万英镑的生意 a five pound note 五英镑的纸币 b) the (British) poundPEC the value of British money compared with the value of the money of other countries 英镑与外币的比值 The pound was up against the dollar. 英镑兑美元的汇率有所上升。 c) PECthe standard unit of money in various other countries, such as Egypt and the Sudan 镑〔埃及、苏丹等国的标准货币单位〕3. for dogs and cats 用于狗和猫 [countable usually singular]TTCHBP a place where dogs and cats that have been found on the street are kept until their owners come to get them 〔走失的狗、猫的〕待领场4. for cars 用于汽车 [countable]TTCHBP a place where cars that have been illegally parked are kept until their owners pay money to get them back 〔违规停放车辆的〕临时扣押场5. get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh SUFFERto get the full amount of work, money etc that someone owes you, even though it makes them suffer and you do not really need it. The phrase comes from Shylock, a character in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jewish money-lender who lends money to Antonio. When Antonio is unable to pay the money back, Shylock says he has the right to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body. 无情地要回所欠之物〔此短语源自莎士比亚的戏剧《威尼斯商人》中放高利贷的犹太商人夏洛克一角〕6. telephone 电话 [uncountable] American English the pound key #号键

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pound• I've gained 10 pounds since Thanksgiving.• Navel oranges are only 39 cents a pound.• Customers can ask for a pound of bananas, but traders are obliged to weigh them in metric units.• Just 200 extra calories each day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week.• The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.• The council is planning to spend ten million pounds more than government guidelines next year.• Enter your five-digit code, and then press pound.• This often means great economy too, for eliminating draughts and adding insulation will save pounds on energy bills.• A week later a cheque for twenty-five thousand pounds arrived on the churchman's desk.cost ... a pound• A longer pair for waders and which are prevented from slipping down by an elasticated band, cost a pound more.• In Sakhalin, beef cost $ 38 a pound, a luxury he could only afford three times a year.• It's expensive, the habit can cost a thousand pounds a week.• Supercomputing - High-performance computers costing millions of pounds can not be sited at every university that needs their computational power.• Retail cuts differ in cost per pound and preferred methods of cooking as they differ in the wholesale cut of origin.• Under piecework, cost per pound dropped from two-and-a-quarter cents to one-and-a-quarter cents.• The National Rivers Authority says the clear up will take several days and will cost thousands of pounds.

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pound2 ●○○ verb  1  hit 击打 [intransitive, transitive]HIT to hit something very hard several times and make a lot of noise, damage it, break it into smaller pieces etc 连续重击，猛打 He began pounding the keyboard of his computer. 他开始猛敲电脑键盘。pound against/on Thomas pounded on the door with his fist. 托马斯用拳头捶门。 Waves pounded against the pier. 浪涛猛烈地拍击着码头。pound something against/on something Green pounded his fist on the counter. 格林用拳头猛敲柜台。► see thesaurus at hit2  heart 心脏 [intransitive]HBH if your heart or blood is pounding, your heart is beating very hard and quickly 〔心脏〕剧烈地跳动pound with Patrick rushed to the door, his heart pounding with excitement. 帕特里克冲到门口，他的心激动得怦怦直跳。 She ran, her heart pounding in her chest. 她跑着，心在胸口狂跳。3. head 头 [intransitive] if your head is pounding, it feels painful, especially because you have a headache or you have been using a lot of effort 〔头〕剧痛4  move 移动 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]RUN to walk or run quickly with heavy loud steps 脚步声沉重地走[跑]pound along/through/down etc I could hear him pounding up the stairs. 我听到他咚咚咚地上楼来。 a policeman pounding his beat 徒步巡逻的警察 Runners will be pounding the pavement this weekend during the London Marathon. 本周末伦敦马拉松比赛期间选手们将跑上街头。5  attack with bombs 用炸弹袭击 [transitive]PMWATTACK to attack a place continuously for a long time with bombs 连续轰炸，猛烈袭击 Enemy forces have been pounding the city for over two months. 敌军两个多月来一直在猛攻那个城市。6 pound something ↔ out phrasal verb to play music loudly 大声演奏 The Rolling Stones were pounding out one of their old numbers. 滚石乐队正高唱他们的一首老歌。→ See Verb table

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pound• He pounded along the street and round two corners, losing his way.• Her heart was pounding, and she felt sick.• Jessica felt her heart pounding but forced herself to remain calm.• Here the loose earth had been pounded flat by thousands of feet.• Before this defeat, their lowest point was a 25-10 pounding from San Diego on Oct. 5.• A sweeping attack peaked when Greenwood played a one-two with Healey before pounding in for his hat-trick.• He pounded some garlic and ginger and put it in the pan.• Army cannons continued to pound the city from the hillsides.pound against/on• Bill jumped up, pounding on his desk in anger.• As the music pounded on, I pulled Emily this way and that across the baked earth.• The Government have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on imaginative advertising for selling off the country's nationalised industries.• He gasped, he wailed, he threw himself against the bottom of the door and pounded on it.• She pounded on the door, shouted at the top of her voice, and yelled threats at Julius.• He is on the porch already, pounding on the door.• He pounded on the storm door, and waited.pound along/through/down etc• Last week the Prime Minister made it clear there would be no attempt to massage the pound down.• Clinton said as rain pounded down at the air base, where he landed.• Then they set off at a run, Jim and Louise leading the way, Jube pounding along behind them.• He pounded down in me a few dozen times, quickly.• The sweat of moving packs of eighty pounds through the crush of bewildered, nervous men.• He and Kemp pound down the stairway, exchanging words.• He pounded along the street and round two corners, losing his way.• Getting the pound down was what Labour governments did with metronomic regularity.From Longman Business Dictionarypoundpound /paʊnd/ noun [countable]1 written abbreviation £ the standard unit of currency in Britain, which is divided into 100 pencea twenty-pound notea shortfall of millions of pounds2the (British) pound the value of the British currency compared with that of other countriesThe pound climbed strongly against the dollar. → grey pound → pink pound3the unit of currency in a number of countries, including Cyprus and Egypt4 written abbreviation lb a unit of weight equal to 16 OUNCEs or 0.454 KILOGRAMsApple prices averaged 24.9 cents a pound.Origin pound1 1. Old English pund, from Latin pondo2. (1400-1500) Perhaps from Old English pund-, found only in compound words pound2 Old English punian

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pound¹ S1 W2 /paʊnd/ noun1.  WEIGHT  [countable] (written abbreviation lb) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 kilograms
    pound of
    a pound of apples
    Moira weighs about 130 pounds.
    The grapes cost $2 a pound.
2.  MONEY  [countable] (also pound sterling)
  a. £ the standard unit of money in Britain, which is divided into 100 pence:
    They spent over a thousand pounds.
    a multi-million pound business
    a five pound note
  b. the (British) pound the value of British money compared with the value of the money of other countries:
    The pound was up against the dollar.
  c. the standard unit of money in various other countries, such as Egypt and the Sudan
3.  FOR DOGS AND CATS  [countable usually singular] a place where dogs and cats that have been found on the street are kept until their owners come to get them
4.  FOR CARS  [countable] a place where cars that have been illegally parked are kept until their owners pay money to get them back
5. get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh to get the full amount of work, money etc that someone owes you, even though it makes them suffer and you do not really need it. The phrase comes from Shylock, a character in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jewish money-lender who lends money to Antonio. When Antonio is unable to pay the money back, Shylock says he has the right to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body.
6.  TELEPHONE  [uncountable] American English the pound key

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pound² verb1.  HIT  [intransitive and transitive] to hit something very hard several times and make a lot of noise, damage it, break it into smaller pieces etc:
    He began pounding the keyboard of his computer.
    pound against/on
    Thomas pounded on the door with his fist.
    Waves pounded against the pier.
    pound something against/on something
    Green pounded his fist on the counter.
2.  HEART  [intransitive] if your heart or blood is pounding, your heart is beating very hard and quickly
    pound with
    Patrick rushed to the door, his heart pounding with excitement.
    She ran, her heart pounding in her chest.
3.  HEAD  [intransitive] if your head is pounding, it feels painful, especially because you have a headache or you have been using a lot of effort
4.  MOVE  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to walk or run quickly with heavy loud steps
    pound along/through/down etc
    I could hear him pounding up the stairs.
    a policeman pounding his beat
    Runners will be pounding the pavement this weekend during the London Marathon.
5.  ATTACK WITH BOMBS  [transitive] to attack a place continuously for a long time with bombs:
    Enemy forces have been pounding the city for over two months.
     
pound something ↔ out phrasal verb
  to play music loudly:
    The Rolling Stones were pounding out one of their old numbers.
     

THESAURUS

■ to hit something
   ▪ hit: Jack hit the ball and it flew over the fence
   ▪ knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: Someone was knocking on the door. | I knocked loudly but no one came.
   ▪ strike written to hit a surface. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: The ball struck the side of the goal.
   ▪ whack /wæk/ informal to hit something very hard: Edmonds whacked the ball into the air.
   ▪ bash to hit something hard, especially in a way that causes damage: The police had to bash the door down to get in.
   ▪ tap to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention: I tapped him on the shoulder. | I heard someone tapping on the window.
   ▪ rap to knock quickly or hit something several times: He rapped the table with his pen to bring the meeting to order. | Two police officers rapped on the door at 7 o'clock in the morning.
   ▪ bang to suddenly hit something hard, in a way that makes a loud noise: Her father banged his fist down on the table angrily. | The door suddenly banged shut.
   ▪ pound written to hit something many times with a lot of force: I could hear the sea pounding on the rocks. | She pounded on the door and shouted wildly.
   ▪ hammer written to hit something quickly many times making a loud continuous noise: The rain was hammering on the roof. | A crowd of people were outside hammering on the door angrily.

Pound
Pound, Ez‧ra /ˈezrə/
(1885–1972) a US poet who lived mostly in Europe, and whose poems include the Cantos. He broadcast on the radio in support of fascism and Mussolini during World War II. As a result, after the war the US government charged him with treason, but he was judged to be mentally ill and sent to a mental hospital until 1958.