| 正面 | 3654.pond 英 [pɒnd]美 [pɑnd]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. Pond is historically the same word as pound 'enclosure, enclosed place'.2. The common denominator is that ponds were originally specifically used for keeping fish in.vt. 筑成池塘vi. 筑成池塘n. 池塘n. (Pond)人名；(英、法)庞德 例句： 1. Tourist numbers from across the pond have dropped dramatically.来自大西洋彼岸的游客数量已急剧减少。 pond 池塘来自pound拼写变体，来自pound古义之一池塘。 pondpond: [13] Pond is historically the same word as pound ‘enclosure’. The differentiation between the two was established early on, although pound continued to be used for ‘pond’ in Scotland and in some English dialects until quite recently. The common denominator is that ponds were originally specifically used for keeping fish in. The reason for the phonetic change from pound to pond is not known.=> poundpond (n.)c. 1300 (mid-13c. in compounds), "artificially banked body of water," variant of pound "enclosed place" (see pound (n.2)). Applied locally to natural pools and small lakes from late 15c. Jocular reference to "the Atlantic Ocean" dates from 1640s. Pond scum (Spirogyra) is from 1864 (also called frog-spittle and brook-silk. As figurative for "someone extremely repulsive," from 1984." |