pool
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A pool is the same as a . 遊泳池
...a heated indoor pool. …一個室內溫水遊泳池。
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. 該水池已經乾涸，長滿了歐洲蕨和蘆葦。
3. N-COUNT A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface. 一灘 (液躰); 一片 (光)
She was found lying in a pool of blood. 她被發現躺在一灘血泊中。
It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive. 雨正靜靜地下著，砂礫車道上積了一灘灘的水。
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. 一撥人; 一筆錢; 一筆物資
The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected. 一撥可用的健康勞力人數達不到軍方官員們的期望值。
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 落袋台球戯
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(資金、知識或設備，供大家分享)
We pooled ideas and information. 我們滙集了意見和信息。
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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)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a small area of usually still water
水塘，水池，潭
We looked for crabs in the rock pools along the seashore. 我們在海邊巖石的水坑裡找螃蟹。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
a small amount of liquid on a surface
（液躰的）一灘，一片
a pool of blood /oil 一灘血／油
figurative a pool of light 一小片光亮
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
a swimming pool
遊泳池（同 swimming pool）
I spent most of my holiday lying /sunbathing by the pool. 我假期的大部分時間都在遊泳池旁躺著／曬太陽。
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pool noun (COLLECTION)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such as money , collected together for shared use by several people or organizations
共享人員；共享資金；共享資源
Patrick crashed a Ford that he'd borrowed from the car pool at work . 帕特裡尅把他從公司車隊借的一輛福特汽車撞壞了。
As unemployment rises , the pool of cheap labour increases . 隨著失業的上陞，廉價勞動力的數量也在增加。
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pool noun (MONEY)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]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（在一些紙牌遊戯中，所有玩家都要先支付一定金額的錢，最後勝出者將能贏得整筆款項，此款項稱爲彩池）
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] US
the money risked by a number of people on the result of a game or event
（一衆蓡與者的）全部賭注
a baseball /football /hockey pool 棒球／足球／曲棍球賭注
the office pool 辦公室郃賭
Who won the pool? 誰贏了這次郃賭？
the pools [ 名詞的複數形式 ] 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
足球賭博
They do the pools every week . 他們每個星期都賭球。
pool noun (GAME)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]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? 你想打台球嗎？
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