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1. Oxford Dictionary

   impound

   • IPA[ɪmˈpaʊnd]

   英式

   • v.
     seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law；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 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
   • ▪ lock up (someone) almost forgotten were the poor unfortunates impounded in the prison 同義詞 lock up, incarcerate, imprison, confine, intern, ... 更多immure, hold captive, hold prisoner, put under lock and key, informalput behind bars
   • 3. (of a dam) hold back (water) it will impound a reservoir 130 miles long
3. • 更多解釋

   impound

   • IPA[imˈpound]

   美式

   • v.
     seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because ... vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded

   Oxford American Dictionary