资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water,
   and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.]
   A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and
   usually of less extent than a lake. ``Through pond or pool.''
   --Milton.

   {Pond hen} (Zo["o]l.), the American coot. See {Coot}
   (a) .

   {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and
      Illust. under {Nymph[ae]a}.

   {Pond snail} (Zo["o]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water
      ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing
      snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[ae]a, Physa,
      Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are
      pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and
      various other genera.