1. 用作重量单位，表示“磅”，可用单数形式表示复数（尤其是其后接有数词时）。如：
Two pound(s) of apples, please. 我要两磅苹果。
表示“按磅出售”，用 by the pound。如：
Tea is sold by the pound. 茶叶按磅出售。
2. 用作货币单位，表示“镑”“英镑”，其复数一般要加-s，是如果其后接有数词时，其复数也可以不加词尾-s。如：
The ticket costs only two pound(s) fifty. 票价只两镑半。
She paid two pounds or perhaps two pound(s) ten. 她付了2英镑或许2英镑10便士。
单词：pound的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
found/founder/foundation/form/set/up/pound
记忆：
1. found [ faund ] v. 建立, 创立, 创办, 使有根据 A baseball team has been founded in our school.我们学校建立了一只棒球队。
2. founder [ 5faundE ] n. 创始人, 奠基人 Mao Zedong, a founder of the new China, was considered to be one of the greatest men in China in spite of his late mistakes 尽管新中国的创始人之人毛泽东晚年犯了错，他仍被认为是中国最伟大的人物之一。
3. foundation [ faun5deiFEn ] n. 基础, 根本, 建立, 创立, 基金会 A solid foundation should be laid before we go on.我们要先打下一个扎实的基础，然后才继续下去。
4. form [ fC:m] v. 形成, 构成 The four buildings form the workshops of the factory.那四座大楼构成了工厂的车间。
5. set up 设立, 竖立，建立 An organization will be set up to deal with the prevention of air pollution.一个组织将被建起来处理防止空气污染的问题。
6. pound [ paund ] n. 磅, 英镑, 重击 vt. 强烈打击 Five pounds of pork is worth one pound.五磅重的猪肉值一英镑。
另类阅读：
The founder spent millions of pounds to set up another club. He found it important to form a solid foundation for the organization.
轻松一刻
A little boy asked his father: Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?
The father replied: I don 't know son. I 'm still paying!!
与单词：pound 相关的例句或者名人名言
For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.
由于这次过失，他被降了级，又被打发去干徒步巡警了。
This kind of chocolate is retailed at one pound a kilo.
这种巧克力糖零售每公斤一英镑。
But there was a sell-off, which sent gilt yields 17 basis points higher, and dragged the pound up with it.
但实际上，市场上出现了抛售，将英国国债收益率推高了17个基点，并使英镑汇率联袂上扬。
One hundred pence make one pound.
100便士是1英镑。
※An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy(=learning). 一分天资抵得上十分学问.
※In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做，二不休。
※One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. 一分学问,要辅以十分见识才能运用.
