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- a fairly small body of still water formed naturally or by artificial means池塘。
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the pond
informal the Atlantic ocean〈非正式〉大西洋：he's relatively unknown on this side of the pond.
他在大西洋这一侧不是那么出名。
with obj.
1- hold back or dam up (flowing water or another liquid) to form a small lake拦截（或筑坝堵塞）（流水或其他流动液体）以形成小湖。
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- no obj.(of flowing water or other liquids) form such a lake（流水或其他液体）形成小湖。
词源
Middle English: alteration of POUND3, commonly used in dialect in the same sense.