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pound Ⅰ /paund/ n.［c］1. 英镑(英国货币单位)：5 pounds (也可写作￡5) 5英镑；a 10-pound note一张10英镑钞票 2.磅(重量单位)：4 pounds of apples 4磅苹果 One pound is 0.4536 kg, less than one jin. 一磅是0.4536克，不到一市斤。This weighs 5 pounds. 这重5磅。

 pound Ⅱ /paund/ vi. & vt. (连续)猛击；(猛烈)敲打：(away, against, at, on)；捣碎，舂烂: hear sb. pounding at the door 听到有人在砰砰敲门；pound nails into a board 把钉子敲进木板； pound the keyboard 劈劈啪啪地敲键盘；be pounded on all sides 四面受敌 The two fleets pounded away at each other. 两支舰队彼此轰击。The stormy waves pounded against the rocks. 暴风雨中的波浪猛烈地冲击岩石。This machine pounds the stones into a powder. 这机器能把石块捣成粉末。