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pounded

/pound/US // paʊnd //UK // (paʊnd) //

捶打,重重地敲了一下,捶打过的,捶击

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.
    • : to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this: to pound out a tune on the piano.
    • : to force by battering; batter: He pounded his way through the mob. He pounded the door down.
    • : to crush into a powder or paste by beating repeatedly.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike heavy blows repeatedly: to pound on a door.
    • : to beat or throb violently, as the heart.
    • : to give forth a thumping sound: The drums pounded loudly.
    • : to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of pounding.
    • : a heavy or forcible blow.
    • : a thump.

Phrases

  • pound of flesh
  • pound out
  • pound the pavement
  • in for a penny, in for a pound
  • penny wise, pound foolish

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • On NAFTA, Lighthizer’s willingness to tell business groups to pound sand was made possible by his skillful navigation of Congress, which has to sign off on comprehensive trade deals.

  • The boots weigh only two pounds, so they feel more like sneakers.

  • He extracted pounds of the material from several locations across San Benito Mountain, shoveled them into Ziploc bags, and shipped them to a pair of labs for analysis.

  • This book is a whopper, you won’t be disappointed when you receive your book with over 460 pages that collectively weigh over twelve pounds.

  • It’s not cheap, but it weighs just over a pound in a slim package that doesn’t take up too much room in my pack.

  • Grad rockets pounded Donetsk and Luhansk this week, and human rights monitors say Kiev is behind the carnage.

  • They buried the dead, delivered the coal and the milk, and women police auxiliaries pounded the streets.

  • You remember—Romney and Ryan pounded on Obama about that $716 billion.

  • I've been pounding this drum for a long time, and it needs to be pounded some more.

  • Sensitive flesh is pounded raw, and muscles are stretched to their limits.

  • At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."

  • Others pounded the skins with their hands, and still others pounded with hammers of reindeer horn.

  • The deacon pounded on the porch with his nearly finished leg, and grew red in the face.

  • Get, at a druggist's, half an ounce of each of these articles, and have them mixed and pounded together in a mortar.

  • Cakes of dates pounded and kneaded together are the food of the Arabs who traverse the deserts.