pound

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基本释义

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

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实用例句

a ten-pound note

一张十英镑的钞票

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a pound coin

一英镑的硬币

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I've spent £25 on food today.

我今天的餐费花了25英镑。

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What would you do if you won a million pounds?

你要是赢了一百万英镑,你想怎么用?

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the strength/weakness of the pound (against other currencies)

英镑坚挺 / 疲软

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The pound closed slightly down at $1.534.

英镑的汇价略跌,收盘时为1.534美元。

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half a pound of butter

半磅黄油

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They cost two dollars a pound .

这些东西每磅两元。

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I've lost six and a half pounds since I started my diet.

从节食以来,我体重已减轻了六磅半。

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Someone was pounding at the door.

有人在砰砰地敲门。

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The factory's machinery pounded away day and night.

工厂的机器昼夜轰隆作响。

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She pounded him with her fists.

她用拳头一个劲地擂他。

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She pounded along the corridor after him.

她跟着他在走廊里咚咚地走过。

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Her heart was pounding with excitement.

她激动得心脏怦怦直跳。

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The blood was pounding (= making a beating noise) in his ears.

他听到血液在耳中怦怦搏动的声音。

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Her head began to pound.

她的头开始怦怦地抽痛。

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a pounding headache

锤击般的头痛

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The seeds were pounded to a fine powder.

子粒被捣成了细粉。

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The area is still being pounded by rebel guns.

这个地区仍然遭受着叛军炮火的轰击。

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Rock music was pounding out from the jukebox.

自动点唱机高声播放着摇滚乐。

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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 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。

Her weight was under ninety pounds.

她的体重不足90磅。

...a pound of cheese.

一磅奶酪

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。

She paused as she pounded the maize grains.

她捣玉米粒时停了一下。

I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.

我浑身冒汗,心脏狂跳,呼吸困难。

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。

真题例句

For students, it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paper-weight that they can't sell back.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

I think I'll probably give them 2 pounds a week.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Let's see, Group C, three to five days hire with unlimited mileage is 53 pounds per day.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

For Group C cars is 6 pounds per day

出自-2014年6月听力原文

gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

While 20 gallons of water are need to produce one pound of wheat

出自-2013年6月听力原文

One acre of farmland use to for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

One acre of farmland use to for crop production can produce 1,500 pounds of tomatoes

出自-2013年6月听力原文

The kidnappers had been demanding 1 million pounds for the release of Mr. Louis. Louis.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

A seminar leader shared her success story —she had not only 125 pounds, but also raised $25, 000 for homeless children.

2017年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

A year later, I reached my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I've been given a second life to devote to something that is meaningful and enormous.

2017年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds.

2017年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

I've gained five pounds since I arrived.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 听力 原文

My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000 in support of a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger.

2017年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

That makes her baby scream, and then a 400-pound male appears.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. 16 ounces;

    "he tried to lift 100 pounds"

  • 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;

    "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"

  • 11. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

    "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"

    "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

Verb
  • 1. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;

    "the salesman pounded the door knocker"

    "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

  • 2. strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

    "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"

    "pound on the door"

  • 3. move heavily or clumsily;

    "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

  • 4. move rhythmically;

    "Her heart was beating fast"

  • 5. partition off into compartments;

    "The locks pound the water of the canal"

  • 6. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;

    "The prisoners are safely pounded"

  • 7. place or shut up in a pound;

    "pound the cows so they don't stray"

  • 8. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;

    "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"

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