*fund¹/fʌnd; fʌnd/ n [C] 1 an amount of money that is kept for a particular purpose 基金，专款: the school sports fund 学校的体育基金 2 funds [plural 复数] the money that you need to do something 资金: raise funds (=collect funds) 集资: We're trying to raise funds for a new swimming pool. 我们在努力为新泳池筹集资金。