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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   impound

   • IPA[imˈpound]

   美式

   • v.
     seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law or regulation；shut up (domestic animals) in a pound or enclosure

   • verb: impound, 3rd person present: impounds, gerund or present participle: impounding, past tense: impounded, past participle: impounded

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law or regulation vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded 同義詞 confiscate, appropriate, take possession of, seize, commandeer, ... 更多expropriate, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, take, distrain, disseize, attach, poind
   • 2. shut up (domestic animals) in a pound or enclosure the cattle were rounded up and impounded 同義詞 pen in, shut up/in, fence in, coop up, hem in, ... 更多box in, hedge in, rail in, cage, enclose, confine, kettle, corral
   • 3. (of a dam) hold back or confine (water) it will impound a reservoir 130 miles long