n.

1. （重量单位）磅[C]
   The potato weighs 4 pounds.

   这马铃薯有四磅重。

2. 英镑[C]
3. （爱尔兰，埃及等国的币制单位）镑[C]
4. 英镑的汇率[the S]

vt.

1. 捣碎[（+up）]
   The housewife pounded the dried bread into crumbs.

   这位主妇把干面包捣成碎屑。

2. （连续）猛击；（猛烈）敲打
   Tom pounded the table angrily.

   汤姆气愤地猛击桌子。

3. （反复地）灌输
   The teacher pounded the grammatical rules into her students.

   老师强使学生记住语法规则。

4. 脚步沉重地走在……

vi.

1. （连续）猛击；（猛烈）敲打；（心等）剧跳
   He stepped down from the machine and his heart was pounding.

   他从机器上下来，心里怦怦直跳。

2. 脚步沉重地走（或跑）；隆隆地行驶（或飞行）[Q]
   The old man pounded down the road.

   这位老人脚步沉重地在路上走。

3. （继续地）苦干

n.

1. 重击；重击声

n.[C]

1. 动物收容所，走失动物认领栏；牲畜栏
2. 汽车扣押场
   Have you redeemed your car from the pound?

   你有没有取回被扣的汽车？

3. 拘留处，监禁所
4. 渔塘

vt.

1. 【古】把（牲畜）关在栏内[（+up）]
2. 扣押；拘留，监禁

n.

1. (abbrev.: lb) a unit of weight equal to 16 oz avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz troy (0.3732 kg).
2. (also pound sterling)
   (pl. pounds sterling)
   the basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence.
   ▸another term for punt⁴.
   ▸the basic monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to 100 piastres.
   ▸the basic monetary unit of Cyprus, equal to 100 cents.
   ▸a monetary unit of the Sudan, equal to one tenth of a dinar.

v.

1. strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.
   ▸beat or throb with a strong regular rhythm.
   ▸walk or run with heavy steps.
   ▸ (pound something out) produce a document or piece of music with heavy strokes on a keyboard or instrument.
2. crush or grind into a powder or paste.
3. informal defeat resoundingly.

n.

1. a place where stray dogs may officially be taken and kept until claimed.
   ▸a place where illegally parked motor vehicles removed by the police are kept until the owner pays a fine.
2. archaic a trap or prison.

v.