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♦ pound (1) /paʊnd/n.1 libbra ( unità di peso, pari a 454 grammi circa; abbr. lb.): to shed pounds, perdere libbre; dimagrire molto2 (= pound sterling) sterlina; lira sterlina ( banconota o, dal 1983, moneta metallica; unità del sistema monetario ingl.; abbr. £1): a fifty-pound note, un biglietto da cinquanta sterline; It cost me sixty pounds, mi è costato sessanta sterline; You owe me ten pounds forty, mi devi dieci sterline e 40 penny5 (mecc.) libbra-forza6 (fig.) potere economico (o finanziario): grey pound, potere economico degli anziani; pink pound, potere economico dei gay● pound coin, moneta da una sterlina □ (telef., USA) pound key, tasto con cancelletto □ ( USA) pound sign, (il) simbolo \#; cancelletto □ avoirdupois pound, libbra di sedici once (del sistema «avoirdupois»; pari a 454 grammi circa) □ (fig.) to exact one's pound of flesh, esigere fino all'ultimo centesimo; pretendere tutto quello che ci è dovuto; essere inesorabile □ troy pound, libbra di dodici once (del sistema «troy»; pari a 373 grammi circa).pound (2) /paʊnd/n.1 forte colpo; botta; tonfopound (3) /paʊnd/n.5 (fig.) luogo di confino; prigione● dog pound, canile municipale.(to) pound (1) /paʊnd/v. t.(to) pound (2) /paʊnd/v. t. e i.1 ( anche to pound at, to pound on) battere ( alla porta, ecc.); colpire ( coi pugni, ecc.); pestare; (mil.) bombardare; strimpellare: My heart was pounding, mi batteva il cuore; Who is pounding ( out) a tune on the piano?, chi sta strimpellando un motivo al pianoforte?2 pestare; tritare● (fig.) to pound on sb. 's head, redarguire, sgridare q. □ (fig.) to pound the pavement looking for a job, battere tutta la città in cerca di lavoro □ to pound st. to pieces, fare a pezzi (o frantumare) qc. a furia di battere.(to) pound (3) /paʊnd/v. t.2 (fig.) rinchiudere; imprigionare.
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