1.[c]英镑（英国货币单位，等于 100 便士）the unit of money in the UK, worth 100 pence
a ten-pound note一张十英镑的钞票
a pound coin一英镑的硬币
I've spent £25 on food today.我今天的餐费花了 25 英镑。
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.[c]镑（英国以外某些国家的货币单位）the unit of money of several other countries
3.[sing]英镑与外币的比值the value of the British pound compared with the value of the money of other countries
the strength/weakness of the pound (against other currencies)英镑坚挺╱疲软
The pound closed slightly down at $1.534.英镑的汇价略跌，收盘时为 1.534 美元。
4.[c]磅（重量单位，合 0.454 千克）a unit for measuring weight, equal to 0.454 of a kilogram
half a pound of butter半磅黄油
They cost two dollars a pound .这些东西每磅两元。
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。
5.[c]违章停车车辆扣留场a place where vehicles that have been parked illegally are kept until their owners pay to get them back
6.[c]流浪狗收留所a place where dogs that have been found in the street without their owners are kept until their owners claim them
1.[i][t]反复击打；连续砰砰地猛击to hit sth/sb hard many times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise
Heavy rain pounded on the roof.暴雨𠳐𠳐地砸在屋顶上。
Someone was pounding at the door.有人在砰砰地敲门。
The factory's machinery pounded away day and night.工厂的机器昼夜轰隆作响。
She pounded him with her fists.她用拳头一个劲地擂他。
2.[i]+ adv./prep.咚咚地走to move with noisy steps
She pounded along the corridor after him.她跟着他在走廊里咚咚地走过。
3.[i]（心脏）狂跳，怦怦地跳to beat quickly and loudly
Her heart was pounding with excitement.她激动得心脏怦怦直跳。
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。
Her head began to pound.她的头开始怦怦地抽痛。
a pounding headache锤击般的头痛
4.[t]~ sth (to/into sth)捣碎；击碎to hit sth many times in order to break it into smaller pieces
The seeds were pounded to a fine powder.籽粒被捣成了细粉。
5.[t]~ sth狂轰滥炸to attack an area with a large number of bombs over a period of time
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。
6.[i]~ (out)大声播放to be played loudly
Rock music was pounding out from the jukebox.自动点唱机高声播放着摇滚乐。
His favorite at Magic Mountain was Katie, a 350-pound, eight-year-old dolphin who greeted him exuberantly and swam with him for hours.
他在魔幻山最喜欢的是凯蒂——一头体重350磅的八岁老海豚——生气勃勃地跟杰夫打招呼，与他一游数小时。
But the British pound, which was more than 25% overvalued a year ago, is now near fair value.
一年前超值25%的英磅已经几乎与美元等值了。
He said he once harpooned a 2, 000-pound shark off the coast of New York.
他称，他曾经在纽约海面上，用鱼叉捕获过一条重达2.000磅的鲨鱼。
One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and after weighing it, he found that he was not.
一天，面包师决定称一下黄油，看看到底够不够一磅。在他称过之后，他发现不够。
Assessing such policies in terms of how much carbon reduction they achieve for each pound spent, these high figures are hard to justify.
以每英镑碳减排量来衡量这些政策，其巨大的开销很难说是合理的。
If one were to take away from your house an ounce of silver, and give you in return a pound of gold, that would not be stealing from you.
如果有人从你的房间里偷取一盎司的银，然后给你一磅金作为偿还，那么就不是从你身上偷取。
I've been running a mile every afternoon for the past month, but I still have't been able to lose more than a pound or two.
过去一个月我一直坚持每天下午跑一英里，但是体重也就减轻不过一两磅。
Upon his request, the 35-pound dress made of a dozen thin-cut flank steaks was quickly transported to the meat freezer at a local deli.
根据他的请求，这件35磅重的礼服被快速运往本地的一个大型冷冻室，之后被展示在Vigilato的标本工作室内。
I energetically did several weeks, trying to create a pound of wheat stone mortar, and finally they had hollowed out a large piece of wood.
我起劲地干了好几个星期，想制造一个捣小麦的石臼，最后却只好挖空了一大块木头。
How much is a pound of pears?
一磅梨多少钱
Most adults gain one to two pounds a year over a lifetime, so staving off the holiday pound can go a long way.
大多数成年人一生中，一年会增加一到两磅，所以避开在假期长肉将会对保持体重大有帮助。
But for a second straight night, a West Coast offense, not known as a running team, lost by trying to pound the ball on its last two plays.
但连续第二晚，西海岸式的进攻，作为跑动队来说从未听说过因在最后两局中尝试猛击球而输掉比赛。
From this year they are allowed to charge students up to £ 3, 000 a year, and from 2009 the cap may be removed altogether.
今年开始大学被允许每年对每个学生收取最高达3000镑的学费，到2009年该限制将完全取消。
He thought the request seemed reasonable, so he began to charge guests by the pound.
海克罗德觉得这个请求也算合理，自此便开始按顾客的体重收取住店费用。
The manager was a nervous anxious little man, always ready to cry wolf if the shop takings went down a pound or two.
经理是个身材矮小、神经过敏、焦虑不安的人。只要商店营业收入下降一两镑，他就要大喊大叫。
The dollar, which like the yen has recently been gaining against rival currencies, climbed against the euro and the British pound.
与日圆一样，美元兑其他主要货币的汇率近来也不断攀升，兑欧元和英镑都有上扬。
He said he had some Russian clients coming over and he wanted them to sign a multimillion-pound deal.
他说有几名俄罗斯客户要过来，他想和他们签署一项数百万英镑的交易。
Hai Xi Xi spited two bite of spit into his hands ringingly, "go aside, look at me! " He exerted all his strength to pound the pick.
“啐！啐！”海喜喜响亮地朝两手啐了两口唾沫，“你闪开，看我的！”他哼地一声使劲地砸下镐头。
you've probably gained at least five to 10 pounds, and from here on out the average woman gains about a pound a week.
你可能已经增重了5----10磅，从这周开始平均起来，怀孕的女人大约会每周增重一磅。
She put into his hand two fifty-pound notes, and then, as if she was ashamed of herself, bundled him out of doors.
她把两张五十镑的钞票塞进他手里，接着，好象她为自己感到难为情，把他推出了门。
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