pound 音标拼音: [p'ɑʊnd]
n . 磅,英镑,重击,鱼塘,拘留所,兽栏
vt . 强烈打击,捣烂,监禁
磅,英镑,重击,鱼塘,拘留所,兽栏强烈打击,捣烂,监禁
pound n 1 :
16 ounces avoirdupois ; "
he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds " [
synonym : {
pound }, {
lb }]
2 :
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland ;
equal to 100 pence [
synonym : {
British pound }, {
pound },
{
British pound sterling }, {
pound sterling }, {
quid }]
3 :
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy 4 :
the basic unit of money in Syria ;
equal to 100 piasters [
synonym :
{
Syrian pound }, {
pound }]
5 :
the basic unit of money in the Sudan ;
equal to 100 piasters [
synonym : {
Sudanese pound }, {
pound }]
6 :
the basic unit of money in Lebanon ;
equal to 100 piasters [
synonym : {
Lebanese pound }, {
pound }]
7 :
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland ;
equal to 100 pence [
synonym : {
Irish pound }, {
Irish punt }, {
punt }, {
pound }]
8 :
the basic unit of money in Egypt ;
equal to 100 piasters [
synonym :
{
Egyptian pound }, {
pound }]
9 :
the basic unit of money in Cyprus ;
equal to 100 cents [
synonym :
{
Cypriot pound }, {
pound }]
10 :
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet /
sec /
sec [
synonym : {
pound }, {
lbf .}]
11 :
United States writer who lived in Europe ;
strongly influenced the development of modern literature (
1885 -
1972 )
[
synonym : {
Pound }, {
Ezra Pound }, {
Ezra Loomis Pound }]
12 :
a symbol for a unit of currency (
especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain ) [
synonym : {
pound }, {
pound sign }]
13 :
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs ; "
unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound " [
synonym : {
pound }, {
dog pound }]
14 :
the act of pounding (
delivering repeated heavy blows ); "
the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard "; "
the pounding of feet on the hallway " [
synonym : {
hammer }, {
pound },
{
hammering }, {
pounding }]
v 1 :
hit hard with the hand ,
fist ,
or some heavy instrument ;
"
the salesman pounded the door knocker "; "
a bible -
thumping Southern Baptist " [
synonym : {
thump }, {
pound }, {
poke }]
2 :
strike or drive against with a heavy impact ; "
ram the gate with a sledgehammer "; "
pound on the door " [
synonym : {
ram }, {
ram down }, {
pound }]
3 :
move heavily or clumsily ; "
The heavy man lumbered across the room " [
synonym : {
lumber }, {
pound }]
4 :
move rhythmically ; "
Her heart was beating fast " [
synonym : {
beat },
{
pound }, {
thump }]
5 :
partition off into compartments ; "
The locks pound the water of the canal " [
synonym : {
pound }, {
pound off }]
6 :
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits ; "
The prisoners are safely pounded " [
synonym : {
pound },
{
pound up }]
7 :
place or shut up in a pound ; "
pound the cows so they don '
t stray " [
synonym : {
impound }, {
pound }]
8 :
break down and crush by beating ,
as with a pestle ; "
pound the roots with a heavy flat stone "
Pound \
Pound \,
v .
i .
1 .
To strike heavy blows ;
to beat .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mach .)
To make a jarring noise ,
as in running ;
as ,
the engine pounds .
[
1913 Webster ]
Pound \
Pound \,
n . [
AS .
pund an inclosure :
cf .
forpyndan to turn away ,
or to repress ,
also Icel .
pynda to extort ,
torment ,
Ir .
pont ,
pond ,
pound .
Cf . {
Pinder }, {
Pinfold }, {
Pin }
to inclose ,
{
Pond }.]
1 .
An inclosure ,
maintained by public authority ,
in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing ,
or when going at large in violation of law ;
a pinfold . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A level stretch in a canal between locks .
[
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3 . (
Fishing )
A kind of net ,
having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Pound covert },
a pound that is close or covered over ,
as a shed .
{
Pound overt },
a pound that is open overhead .
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Pound \
Pound \,
v .
t .
To confine in ,
or as in ,
a pound ;
to impound . --
Milton .
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Pound \
Pound \,
n .;
pl . {
Pounds },
collectively {
Pound }
or {
Pounds }. [
AS .
pund ,
fr .
L .
pondo ,
akin to pondus a weight ,
pendere to weigh .
See {
Pendant }.]
1 .
A certain specified measure of mass or weight ;
especially ,
a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the {
pound avoirdupois },
which is divided into sixteen ounces ,
and contains 7 ,
000 grains (
0 .
453 kilogram ).
The {
pound troy }
is divided into twelve ounces ,
and contains 5 ,
760 grains .
144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight .
See {
Avoirdupois },
and {
Troy }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A British denomination of money of account ,
equivalent to twenty shillings sterling ,
and equal in value to about $
4 .
86 in 1900 and $
1 .
50 in 2002 .
The modern pound coin was introduced in 1983 .
Formerly there was a gold sovereign of the same value .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Note :
The pound sterling was in Saxon times ,
about a .
d .
671 ,
a pound troy of silver ,
and a shilling was its twentieth part ;
consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present . --
Peacham .
[
1913 Webster ]
Pound \
Pound \ (
pound ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pounded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pounding }.] [
OE .
pounen ,
AS .
punian to bruise .
Cf .
{
Pun }
a play on words .]
1 .
To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument ;
to beat .
[
1913 Webster ]
With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
To comminute and pulverize by beating ;
to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument ;
as ,
to pound spice or salt .
[
1913 Webster ]
406 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pound ":
Deutschmark ,
Mark ,
Reichsmark ,
abrade ,
ache ,
afghani ,
agonize ,
ail ,
ambush ,
anguish ,
anna ,
assail ,
assault ,
atomize ,
attack ,
baht ,
bang ,
barrage ,
bash ,
baste ,
bat ,
batter ,
bawbee ,
beat ,
beat a ruffle ,
beat a tattoo ,
beat into ,
beat the drum ,
beat time ,
beating ,
belabor ,
belt ,
biff ,
blanch ,
blench ,
blitz ,
blow ,
bludgeon ,
bonk ,
bottle up ,
box up ,
bray ,
brecciate ,
bruise ,
buffet ,
bung ,
bung up ,
bushwhack ,
cage ,
carat ,
cattery ,
cent ,
centavo ,
centigram ,
centime ,
check ,
chop ,
cleanse ,
clear ,
clip ,
clobber ,
cloister ,
clout ,
clump ,
come at ,
come down on ,
comminute ,
compound ,
confine ,
constrain ,
conto ,
contriturate ,
contuse ,
coop ,
coop in ,
coop up ,
cork up ,
count ,
count the beats ,
crack ,
crack down on ,
cram in ,
crib ,
crowd in ,
crown ,
crumb ,
crumble ,
crush ,
cudgel ,
cut ,
dash ,
decagram ,
decigram ,
descend on ,
descend upon ,
detain ,
dig ,
din ,
ding ,
dint ,
disintegrate ,
dog pound ,
doghouse ,
dollar ,
dong ,
dram ,
dram avoirdupois ,
drive ,
drive in ,
drub ,
drubbing ,
drum ,
drum music ,
drumbeat ,
drumfire ,
drumming ,
dyne ,
empty ,
encage ,
enclose ,
enclosure ,
expel ,
fall on ,
fall upon ,
farthing ,
feel pain ,
feel the pangs ,
fence in ,
fiver ,
flail ,
flap ,
florin ,
flounder ,
flour ,
flutter ,
force ,
force in ,
fourpence ,
fourpenny ,
fragment ,
franc ,
fusillade ,
gang up on ,
go at ,
go for ,
go pitapat ,
grain ,
gram ,
granulate ,
granulize ,
grate ,
grave ,
grimace ,
grind ,
grind to powder ,
groat ,
guilder ,
guinea ,
gulden ,
half crown ,
half dollar ,
halfpenny ,
hammer ,
harry ,
have a misery ,
have at ,
heave ,
hell ,
hem in ,
hit ,
hit like lightning ,
hobbyhorse ,
hold ,
hold in custody ,
hold in restraint ,
hundredweight ,
hurt ,
immure ,
impact ,
impound ,
inhibit ,
jab ,
jam in ,
jump ,
keep in ,
keep in custody ,
keep in detention ,
keep time ,
kennel ,
kilo ,
kilogram ,
kip ,
knock ,
knock in ,
kopeck ,
krona ,
krone ,
lambaste ,
land on ,
larrup ,
lay at ,
lay hands on ,
lay into ,
levigate ,
lick ,
light into ,
limbo ,
lira ,
lurch ,
mag ,
make heavy weather ,
mash ,
mass ,
maul ,
meg ,
megaton ,
mew ,
mew up ,
mill ,
milligram ,
milreis ,
mite ,
mole ,
monkey ,
mug ,
new pence ,
np ,
ounce ,
ounce avoirdupois ,
ounce troy ,
p ,
palpitate ,
palpitation ,
paradiddle ,
paste ,
patter ,
pelt ,
pen ,
pen up ,
pence ,
penfold ,
penny ,
pennyweight ,
peseta ,
pestle ,
pie ,
piece of eight ,
pinfold ,
pistareen ,
pitapat ,
pitch ,
pitch and toss ,
pitch into ,
pitter -
patter ,
place of confinement ,
play drum ,
plunge ,
plunge in ,
plunk ,
poke ,
poke in ,
pommel ,
pony ,
pounce upon ,
pound avoirdupois ,
pound in ,
pound out ,
pound troy ,
poundal ,
pounding ,
powder ,
press in ,
produce ,
pulp ,
pulsate ,
pulsation ,
pulse ,
pulverize ,
pummel ,
punch ,
purgatory ,
purge ,
push in ,
quid ,
rail in ,
ram in ,
rand ,
rap ,
rat -
a -
tat ,
rat -
tat ,
rat -
tat -
tat ,
rataplan ,
rattattoo ,
rear ,
reduce to powder ,
reel ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
rial ,
rid ,
rock ,
roll ,
rub -
a -
dub ,
ruble ,
ruff ,
ruffle ,
run in ,
rupee ,
sail into ,
scend ,
scrunch ,
scruple ,
seal up ,
set on ,
set upon ,
shackle ,
shard ,
shekel ,
shilling ,
shoot ,
shred ,
shrink ,
shut in ,
shut up ,
sixpence ,
slam ,
sledgehammer ,
slog ,
slug ,
smack ,
smart ,
smash ,
sock ,
sol ,
sou ,
sound a tattoo ,
spank ,
spatter ,
splatter ,
splutter ,
sputter ,
squash ,
squeeze in ,
staccato ,
stamp ,
stiver ,
stone ,
strike ,
stroke ,
stuff in ,
suffer ,
surprise ,
swat ,
sway ,
swing ,
swipe ,
swoop down on ,
take the offensive ,
tamp in ,
tap ,
tat -
tat ,
tattoo ,
tenner ,
thrash ,
threepence ,
threepenny bit ,
thresh ,
thrill ,
thrippence ,
throb ,
throbbing ,
thrum ,
thrust in ,
thump ,
thumping ,
thwack ,
tingle ,
tom -
tom ,
ton ,
toss ,
toss and tumble ,
triturate ,
tumble ,
tuppence ,
twinge ,
twitch ,
twopence ,
units of weight ,
wade into ,
wall in ,
wallop ,
wallow ,
wedge in ,
weight ,
welter ,
whack ,
whip ,
whop ,
wince ,
won ,
work over ,
writhe ,
yard ,
yaw ,
yen ,
yerk {
hash }
Pound (
1 .)
A weight .
Heb .
maneh ,
equal to 100 shekels (
1 Kings 10 :
17 ;
Ezra 2 :
69 ;
Neh .
7 :
71 ,
72 ).
Gr .
litra ,
equal to about 12 oz .
avoirdupois (
John 12 :
3 ;
19 :
39 ).
(
2 .)
A sum of money ;
the Gr .
mna or mina (
Luke 19 :
13 ,
16 ,
18 ,
20 ,
24 ,
25 ).
It was equal to 100 drachmas ,
and was of the value of about $
3 ,
6s .
8d .
of our money . (
See {
MONEY }.)
POUND ,
weight .
There are two kinds of weights ,
namely ,
the troy ,
and the avoirdupois .
The pound avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound ,
in the proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty .
The troy pound contains twelve ounces ,
that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces .
POUND ,
Eng .
law .
A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in .
5 Pick .
514 ;
4 Pick .
258 ;
9 Pick .
14 .
POUND ,
money .
The sum of twenty shillings .
Previous to the establishment of the federal currency ,,
the different states made use of the pound in computing money ;
it was of different value in the several states .
2 .
Pound sterling ,
is a denomination of money of Great Britain .
It is of the value of a sovereign . (
q .
v .)
In calculating the rates of duties ,
the pound sterling shall be considered and taken as of the value of four dollars and eighty cents .
Apt of March 3 ,
1833 .
3 .
The pound sterling of Ireland is to be computed ,
in calculating said duties ,
at four dollars and ten cents .
Id .
4 .
The pound of the British provinces Nova Scotia ,
New Brunswick ,
Newfoundland ,
and Canada ,
is to be so computed at four dollars .
Act of May ,
22 ,
1846 .
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