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| 1 | a unit of money used in the UK and several other countries. Its symbol is £. 英镑（英国及其他一些国家的货币单位，标志为￡） |
| | 1a | a coin or banknote worth one pound 1 英镑的硬币（或纸币） | |
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| 2 | a unit for measuring weight , used in several countries including the US and the UK, containing 16 ounces and equal to 0.454 kilograms. Its written abbreviation is lb. 磅（重量单位，含16盎司，等于0.454千克，略作lb） |
| half a pound of cheese 半磅干酪 |
| The baby weighed over 10 pounds. 那个婴儿的体重超过了10磅。 |
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| 3 | a place where pets that are lost or not wanted are kept （收留走失或无人认领宠物的）宠物收容所 |
| | 3a | a place where the police take your car if you have parked it illegally （警方）扣押（违章停放车辆的）汽车场 | |
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| - | your pound of flesh
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| something that someone owes you that you take even though it will cause them to suffer |
| （别人欠）你的那磅肉（索要时会给他人造成痛苦的亏欠物） |
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| have/get/want/demand etc your pound of flesh They signed an agreement and the Republicans now want their pound of flesh. 他们签了协议，现在那些共和党人就想要得到属于他们的那磅肉。 |
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| Word story: pound | | | | From Shakespeare’ s play The Merchant of Venice, in which the character Shylock asks for a ‘pound of flesh’ to be cut from the body of someone who cannot pay back money they have borrowed. | | | |
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