pound
英[pa?nd]
美[pa?nd]
- n. 英鎊；重擊，重擊聲；獸欄；拘留所
- vt. 搗爛；敲打；監禁，拘留
- vi. 連續重擊，猛擊
- n. (Pound)人名；(英)龐德
英英釋意
- 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"