pounds
英 [paundz]
美[paundz]
- n. 磅；英镑；重击（pound复数形式）
英英释意
- 1. n 16 ounces avoirdupois
- 2. n the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- 3. n a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- 4. n the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- 5. n the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- 6. n the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- 7. n formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- 8. n the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 9. n the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- 10. n a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- 11. n United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
- 12. n a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- 13. n a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- 14. n the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- 15. v hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- 16. v strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- 17. v move heavily or clumsily
- 18. v move rhythmically
- 19. v partition off into compartments
- 20. v shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- 21. v place or shut up in a pound
- 22. v break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle