Word · Frequency #3344
ponds
池塘
ponds is the plural of pond.
pond
- 1.
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
比湖小的内陆静水体,天然或人工形成
- 2.
a small lake
小湖
- 3.
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
由泉水而非河流补给的内陆静水体,大小不限
比湖小的内陆静水体,天然或人工形成；小湖；由泉水而非河流补给的内陆静水体,大小不限
In use
The children like to feed the ducks in the small pond behind the school.
A frog jumped into the pond and disappeared under the lily pads.
Our garden has a tiny pond with goldfish and water plants.
the pond was too small for sailing
in/into the pond
表示位置或方向。
The children threw stones into the pond.
孩子们把石头扔进池塘里。
by/around the pond
We sat by the pond and watched the ducks.
我们坐在池塘边看鸭子。
pond + n
pond用作定语修饰名词，表示与池塘相关的。
Connections
Collocations
- fish pond
- 鱼塘
- They have a small fish pond in their backyard.他们后院有一个小鱼塘。
- pond water
- 池塘水
- The pond water was murky after the storm.暴风雨后池塘水变得浑浊。
- pond skater
- 水黾
- A pond skater glided across the surface of the water.一只水黾在水面上滑行。
- duck pond
- 鸭塘
- Children love to feed the ducks at the duck pond.孩子们喜欢在鸭塘喂鸭子。
Idioms & figurative uses
- big fish in a small pond
- 小地方的大人物He was a big fish in a small pond at his local company.他在当地公司是个小地方的大人物。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“pond”中间的“o”像池塘水面，圆圆的波纹。
Context & Register
常见场景：garden、park、farm、rural area 通常用于描述小型静水体，在花园、公园、农场等场景中常见，属于中性词汇。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words end in '-ond' and share the same vowel sound /ɒ/ (or /ɑː/ in American English) as 'pond', so they rhyme. Note that 'beyond' has an unstressed first syllable but its stressed syllable rhymes. Words like 'pound' or 'sound' have the vowel /aʊ/ and do not rhyme with 'pond'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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