pound

英镑；重击，重击声；兽栏；拘留所英释nnthe standard unit of money in Britain, which is divided into 100 pence

捣烂；敲打；监禁，拘留英释vvIf you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces

1 pound of flesh,合乎法律的无礼要求

2 in the pound,每镑

3 pound sterling,n. 英镑

4 by the pound,按每磅(计价)

5 pound on,重击；猛打

6 pound note,1英镑纸币

1 They spent over a thousand pounds..他们花了一千多英镑。

2 a multi-million pound business.一笔几百万英镑的生意

3 a five pound note.五英镑的纸币

4 She pounded the corn kernels..她捣碎了玉米粒。