pool
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A pool is the same as a . 游泳池
...a heated indoor pool. …一个室内温水游泳池。
2. N-COUNT A pool is a fairly small area of still water. 水池
The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds. 该水池已经干涸，长满了欧洲蕨和芦苇。
3. N-COUNT A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface. 一滩 (液体); 一片 (光)
She was found lying in a pool of blood. 她被发现躺在一滩血泊中。
It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive. 雨正静静地下着，砂砾车道上积了一滩滩的水。
4. N-COUNT A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use. 一拨人; 一笔钱; 一笔物资
The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected. 一拨可用的健康劳力人数达不到军方官员们的期望值。
5. N-UNCOUNT any of various billiard games in which the object is to pot all the balls with the cue ball, esp that played with 15 coloured and numbered balls; pocket billiards 落袋台球戏
6. →see also carpool
7. V-T If a group of people or organizations pool their money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose. 集中(资金、知识或设备，供大家分享)
We pooled ideas and information. 我们汇集了意见和信息。
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pool /puːl/ (pooling,pooled,pools)
剑桥词典
- The boys were splashing about and ducking each other in the pool.
- I just managed to grab hold of Lucy before she fell in the pool.
- a pool of sunlight
- She looked at her reflection in the deep green pool of water .
- She dipped her toe into the pool to see how cold it was.
- During times of mass unemployment , there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from.
- Did Gary win the office pool?
- Everybody puts some money into a common pool.
- We need a reserve pool of cash , just to be on the safe side .
- We're recruiting from a large pool of graduate lawyers .
pool noun (LIQUID)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a small area of usually still water
水塘，水池，潭
We looked for crabs in the rock pools along the seashore. 我们在海边岩石的水坑里找螃蟹。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
a small amount of liquid on a surface
（液体的）一滩，一片
a pool of blood /oil 一滩血／油
figurative a pool of light 一小片光亮
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
a swimming pool
游泳池（同 swimming pool）
I spent most of my holiday lying /sunbathing by the pool. 我假期的大部分时间都在游泳池旁躺着／晒太阳。
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pool noun (COLLECTION)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such as money , collected together for shared use by several people or organizations
共享人员；共享资金；共享资源
Patrick crashed a Ford that he'd borrowed from the car pool at work . 帕特里克把他从公司车队借的一辆福特汽车撞坏了。
As unemployment rises , the pool of cheap labour increases . 随着失业的上升，廉价劳动力的数量也在增加。
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pool noun (MONEY)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]in some card games , an amount of money that is collected from all the players and received by the player who wins the game
彩池（在一些纸牌游戏中，所有玩家都要先支付一定金额的钱，最后胜出者将能赢得整笔款项，此款项称为彩池）
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ] US
the money risked by a number of people on the result of a game or event
（一众参与者的）全部赌注
a baseball /football /hockey pool 棒球／足球／曲棍球赌注
the office pool 办公室合赌
Who won the pool? 谁赢了这次合赌？
the pools [ 名词的复数形式 ] UK (also football pools)
a type of gambling in which people risk a small amount of money and try to guess the results of football games correctly and win a lot of money
足球赌博
They do the pools every week . 他们每个星期都赌球。
pool noun (GAME)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]a game in which two people use cues (= long , thin poles ) to hit 16 coloured balls into six holes around the edge of a large table covered in soft cloth
落袋台球
a pool table /room /hall 落袋台球桌／球房
mainly US informal Do you want to shoot (= play ) some pool? 你想打台球吗？
比较
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