pound 1 S1 W2 / paʊnd / 名词

1 weight [可数名词] ( written abbreviation lb ) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounce s or 0.454 kilograms

pound of

a pound of apples

Moira weighs about 130 pounds .

The grapes cost $2 a pound .

2 money [可数名词] ( also pound sterling )

a) £ the standard unit of money in Britain, which is divided into 100 pence :

They spent over a thousand pounds.

a multi-million pound business

a five pound note

b) the (British) pound the value of British money compared with the value of the money of other countries :

The pound was up against the dollar.

c) the standard unit of money in various other countries, such as Egypt and the Sudan

3 for dogs and cats [可数名词，通常单数] a place where dogs and cats that have been found on the street are kept until their owners come to get them

4 for cars [可数名词] a place where cars that have been illegally parked are kept until their owners pay money to get them back

5 get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh to get the full amount of work, money etc that someone owes you, even though it makes them suffer and you do not really need it. The 短语 comes from Shylock, a character in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jewish money-lender who lends money to Antonio. When Antonio is unable to pay the money back, Shylock says he has the right to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body.

6 telephone [不可数名词] American English the pound key