English Dictionary

impound

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmˈpaʊ̯nd/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound. / (transitive) To hold back. / (transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.

日本語の意味

（動物などを）囲いに入れる、収容する / 保留する、引き止める / 法的権限に基づき押収する、没収する

The animal control officer decided to impound the stray dogs after they were found roaming the neighborhood.

その動物管理担当者は、近所を徘徊していた野良犬を動物収容所に収容することにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.

His car was impounded after he parked it illegally.

意味（2）

(transitive) To hold back.

water impounded by a dam

意味（3）

(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.

to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safekeeping.

意味（4）

(transitive, law, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.

impounds （ present singular third-person ）

impounding （ participle present ）

impounded （ participle past ）

impounded （ past ）