pound

• n. 英镑；重击，重击声；兽栏；拘留所
• vt. 捣烂；敲打；监禁，拘留
• vi. 连续重击，猛击
• n. (Pound)人名；(英)庞德

来自古英语pund,磅，英磅，来自Proto-Germanic*punda,磅，借自拉丁语pondo,重量，来自pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,ponder.

来自古英语punian,击打，粉碎，来自West-Germanic*puno,击打，击碎，可能来自拟声词。 插入字母d,比较sonar,sound.

词源不确定，仅存在于古英语复合词，如pundfald,畜栏，围栏，词源同古英语词pyndan,关 闭，筑坝，围水，pond,池塘。最终词源可能同bend.。

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"

pound

pound: English has three distinct words pound. The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12- ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension and poise). It was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as *pundo, which has evolved into German pfund.

Dutch pond, Swedish pund, and English pound. Its monetary use comes from the notion of a ‘pound’ weight of silver. Pound ‘enclosure’ [14] is of unknown origin. It existed in Old English times in the compound pundfald, which has become modern English pinfold, and pond is a variant form of it. Pound ‘crush’ [OE] is almost equally mysterious.

In Old English it was pūnian (it did not acquire its final d until the 16th century, in fact), and it has been traced back to a Germanic *pūn-, which also produced Dutch puin ‘rubbish’.
=> pendant, pension, poise, ponder; pinfold, pond

pound (n.1)

measure of weight, Old English pund "pound" (in weight or money), also "pint," from Proto-Germanic *punda- "pound" as a measure of weight (source of Gothic pund, Old High German phunt, German Pfund, Middle Dutch pont, Old Frisian and Old Norse pund), early borrowing from Latin pondo "pound," originally in libra pondo "a pound by weight," from pondo (adv.) "by weight," ablative of *pondus "weight" (see span (v.)). Meaning "unit of money" was in Old English, originally "pound of silver."

At first "12 ounces;" meaning "16 ounces" was established before late 14c. Pound cake (1747) so called because it has a pound, more or less, of each ingredient. Pound of flesh is from "Merchant of Venice" IV.i. The abbreviations lb., £ are from libra, and reflect the medieval custom of keeping accounts in Latin.

pound (n.2)

"enclosed place for animals," late 14c., from a late Old English word attested in compounds (such as pundfald "penfold, pound"), related to pyndan "to dam up, enclose (water)," and thus from the same root as pond. Ultimate origin unknown; some sources indicate a possible root *bend meaning "protruding point" found only in Celtic and Germanic.

pound (v.)

"hit repeatedly," from Middle English pounen, from Old English punian "crush, pulverize, beat, bruise," from West Germanic *puno- (cognates: Low German pun, Dutch puin "fragments"). With intrusive -d- from 16c. Sense of "beat, thrash" is from 1790. Related: Pounded; pounding.

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

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

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

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For Group C cars is 6 pounds per day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds.

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

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

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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.

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I've gained five pounds since I arrived.

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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.

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

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Her weight was under ninety pounds.

她的体重不足90磅。

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...a pound of cheese.

一磅奶酪

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He pounded the table with his fist...

他用拳头猛击桌子。

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Somebody began pounding on the front door...

有人开始不停地猛敲前门。

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She paused as she pounded the maize grains.

她捣玉米粒时停了一下。

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

我浑身冒汗，心脏狂跳，呼吸困难。

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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。

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