pound

英 [pa?nd] 美[pa?nd]
  • n. 英鎊；重?fù)?，重?fù)袈?；獸欄；拘留所
  • vt. 搗爛；敲打；監(jiān)禁，拘留
  • vi. 連續(xù)重?fù)?，猛?/li>
  • 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"