pounds

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  • n.镑(英国以外某些国家的货币单位);英镑(英国货币单位,等于100便士);英镑与外币的比值
  • v.(心脏)狂跳,怦怦地跳;连续砰砰地猛击;反复击打;咚咚地走
  • pound的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    N-COUNT 英镑(英国货币单位,等于100便士);镑(埃及等国的货币单位)
    The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol £. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound .

    Beer cost three pounds a bottle...

    啤酒每瓶3英镑。

  • 2
    N-SING 英镑币制;镑币制
    The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds.

    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。

  • 3
    N-COUNT 磅(英美等一些讲英语的国家的重量单位,合0.454千克)
    A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound.

    Her weight was under ninety pounds.

    她的体重不足90磅。

  • 4
    N-COUNT (流浪猫狗的)收留所,待领场
    A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners.

  • 5
    N-COUNT (违章停放车辆的)扣留场
    A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners.

  • 6
    VERB 用力击打;连续砰砰地猛击
    If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.

    He pounded the table with his fist...

    他用拳头猛击桌子。

  • 7
    VERB 把…捣成粉状;捣碎;舂烂
    If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces.

    She paused as she pounded the maize grains.

    她捣玉米粒时停了一下。

  • 8
    VERB (常因恐惧而心脏)剧烈跳动,怦怦地跳
    If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid.

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

    我浑身冒汗,心脏狂跳,呼吸困难。

  • ...the fast pounding of her heart.

    她快速的心跳

  • 10
    See also:pounding

  • 11
    PHRASE (不顾别人痛苦而坚决要求的)应得的东西
    If you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from.

    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。

  1. 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?

  2. The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business .

    罢工使他们失去了几千英镑的生意。

  3. You need just one pound to open a bank account with us .

    你只需一英镑就可在我行开立一个账户。

  4. It will cost two , maybe three hundred pounds .

    这个要花二百英镑,或许三百英镑。

  5. The company 's performance was impacted by the high value of the pound .

    公司的业绩受到了英镑高值的冲击。

  6. I 've lost ten pounds since I started this diet .

    这次节食开始以来我体重减了十磅。

  7. The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems .

    公司花了几千英镑更新计算机系统。

  8. You can change back unused dollars into pounds at the bank .

    你可以到银行把没有用掉的美元兑换回英镑。

  9. That one mistake left him thousands of pounds out of pocket .

    那一次失误让他损失了数千英镑。

  10. The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive .

    这枚炸弹装有几磅烈性炸药。

  11. Five pounds doesn 't buy much nowadays .

    如今五英镑买不到多少东西了。

  12. They cost two dollars a pound .

    这些东西每磅两元。

  13. 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。

  14. The winner will receive ten pounds ' worth of books .

    获胜者将得到价值十英镑的书籍。

  15. Fifty pounds is the best I can offer you .

    我顶多出五十英镑。

  16. The builders presented a bill for several hundred pounds .

    承建商送来了一份数百英镑的账单。

  17. You can be paid in pounds sterling or American dollars .

    可以付你英镑,也可以付你美元。

  18. Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today .

    今天的股票价格下挫造成数十亿英镑的损失。

  19. British exports have been handicapped by the strong pound .

    英镑坚挺影响了英国的出口。

  20. The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar .

    英镑对美元的比价降到了有记录以来最低水平。

  21. Both boxers weighed in at several pounds below the limit .

    两个拳击手赛前量的体重都比规定限度少几磅。

  22. The pound closed slightly down at $ 1.534 .

    英镑的汇价略跌,收盘时为1.534美元。

  23. How much is a thousand pounds in euros ?

    一千英镑合多少欧元?

  24. The standard rate of income tax was cut to 23p in the pound .

    所得税的标准税率削减到了每英镑23便士。

  25. The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds .

    这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。

  26. He 's six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds .

    他身高六英尺,体重200磅。

  27. Her head began to pound .

    她的头开始怦怦地抽痛。

  28. Yesterday the pound strengthened against the dollar .

    昨天,英镑对美元的汇率上升了。

  29. And then there 's the little matter of the fifty pounds you owe me .

    还有件小事儿,你欠我五十英镑呢。

  30. It weighs a kilo , or just over two pounds .

    这东西重一公斤,或者说两磅多一点儿。