pond
英 [p?nd]
美 [pɑnd]
- vt. 筑成池塘
- vi. 筑成池塘
- n. 池塘
- n. (Pond)人名；(英、法)龐德
助記提示
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.
中文詞源
pond 池塘來自pound拼寫變體，來自pound古義之一池塘。
英文詞源
- pond
- pond: [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.
=> pound - pond (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.
雙語例句
- 1. Tourist numbers from across the pond have dropped dramatically.
- 來自大西洋彼岸的游客數量已急劇減少。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Usually, the presentation is made on the other side of the pond.
- 通常，這樣的展示是在大西洋另一邊進行的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. There was an unappealing film of slime on top of the pond.
- 池塘表面有一層黏膩膩的污泥。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common.
- 昨天警方的蛙人在公用草地上的一個小池塘里打撈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed.
- 他的池塘里長滿了恣意蔓生的雜草。
來自柯林斯例句