impound
🇺🇸
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/
🇬🇧
/ɪmˈpaʊnd/
verb
R
When the police or an authority takes something, like a car, away from someone and keeps it in a safe place until they can use it again.
The police impounded the car because it was involved in an accident.
警方扣押了那輛涉及事故的汽車。
R
When animals like dogs or cats are picked up from the streets and kept in a place called a pound, until their owners come to get them.
The stray dog was impounded and taken to the pound.
流浪狗被扣押並送往了收容所。
translation
扣押, 收容
詞形變化
3rd Present
impounds
Past
impounded
Perfect
impounded
Progressive
impounding