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英鎊（英國貨幣單位，等于100便士）；鎊（埃及等國的貨幣單位）
The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol ￡. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt, also have a unit of money called a pound .
例句
Beer cost three pounds a bottle...
啤酒每瓶3英鎊。
A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen.
價值1,000英鎊的珠寶和銀飾被盜。
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英鎊幣制；鎊幣制
The pound is used to refer to the British currency system, and sometimes to the currency systems of other countries which use pounds.
例句
The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.
英鎊對大多數其他貨幣的匯率有望繼續升高。
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磅（英美等一些講英語的國家的重量單位，合0.454千克）
A pound is a unit of weight used mainly in Britain, America, and other countries where English is spoken. One pound is equal to 0.454 kilograms. A pound of something is a quantity of it that weighs one pound.
例句
Her weight was under ninety pounds.
她的體重不足90磅。
...a pound of cheese.
一磅奶酪
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（流浪貓狗的）收留所，待領場
A pound is a place where dogs and cats found wandering in the street are taken and kept until they are claimed by their owners.
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（違章停放車輛的）扣留場
A pound is a place where cars that have been parked illegally are taken by the police and kept until they have been claimed by their owners.
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VERB
用力擊打；連續砰砰地猛擊
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
例句
He pounded the table with his fist...
他用拳頭猛擊桌子。
Somebody began pounding on the front door...
有人開始不停地猛敲前門。
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VERB
把…搗成粉狀；搗碎；舂爛
If you pound something, you crush it into a paste or a powder or into very small pieces.
例句
She paused as she pounded the maize grains.
她搗玉米粒時停了一下。
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VERB
（常因恐懼而心臟）劇烈跳動，怦怦地跳
If your heart is pounding, it is beating with an unusually strong and fast rhythm, usually because you are afraid.
例句
I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.
我渾身冒汗，心臟狂跳，呼吸困難。
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PHRASE
（不顧別人痛苦而堅決要求的）應得的東西
If you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from.
例句
Banks are quick to demand their pound of flesh when overdrafts run a little over the limit.
透支稍微超出限額時，銀行便會很快要求歸還欠款。