pound

The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.

英镑对大多数其他货币的汇率有望继续升高。

A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen.

价值1,000英镑的珠宝和银饰被盗。

Banks are quick to demand their pound of flesh when overdrafts run a little over the limit.

透支稍微超出限额时，银行便会很快要求归还欠款。

She paused as she pounded the maize grains.

她捣玉米粒时停了一下。

Her weight was under ninety pounds.

她的体重不足90磅。

Rock music was pounding out from the jukebox.

自动点唱机高声播放着摇滚乐。

They cost two dollars a pound .

这些东西每磅两元。

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？

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。

She pounded along the corridor after him.

她跟着他在走廊里咚咚地走过。

...a pound of cheese.

一磅奶酪

Someone was pounding at the door.

有人在砰砰地敲门。

Somebody began pounding on the front door...

有人开始不停地猛敲前门。

The factory's machinery pounded away day and night.

工厂的机器昼夜轰隆作响。

Her heart was pounding with excitement.

她激动得心脏怦怦直跳。

half a pound of butter

半磅黄油

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。

The seeds were pounded to a fine powder.

子粒被捣成了细粉。

Beer cost three pounds a bottle...

啤酒每瓶3英镑。

He pounded the table with his fist...

他用拳头猛击桌子。

The pound closed slightly down at $1.534.

英镑的汇价略跌，收盘时为1.534美元。

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。

She pounded him with her fists.

她用拳头一个劲地擂他。

a pound coin

一英镑的硬币

a ten-pound note

一张十英镑的钞票

the strength/weakness of the pound (against other currencies)

英镑坚挺 / 疲软

I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.

我浑身冒汗，心脏狂跳，呼吸困难。

a pounding headache

锤击般的头痛

I've spent £25 on food today.

我今天的餐费花了25英镑。