a small area of still water, especially one that is artificial 池塘;水池(尤指人工的) a fish pond 养鱼池
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc1, Gardensc1She swam across the pond. 她游到池塘的对岸去了。 The Carters had a pond in their back yard. 卡特家后院里有个池塘。 The pond is drained every year. 池塘的水每年都要排干。 The ponds are fully stocked with rainbow trout. 池塘里放养了大量虹鳟鱼。 There are goldfish in the pond. 池塘里有金鱼。 There were some ducks swimming on the pond. 池塘里有几只鸭子在游动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- build
- construct
- dig
- …
- life
- water
- across a/the pond
- in a/the pond
- into a/the pond
- …
- the bottom, edge, middle, surface, etc. of a pond
- (informal, humorous)
the Atlantic Ocean 在大西洋彼岸 He's relatively unknown on this side of the pond. 他在大西洋这一侧不是那么出名。 - across the pond
Critics across the pond have been queuing up to heap praise on the movie. 池塘那边的评论家们一直在排队对这部电影大加赞扬。
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of pound ‘a place where stray animals are kept’; commonly used in dialect in the same sense.
Idioms
a big fish (in a small pond)
an important person (in a small community) (小圈子里的)大人物