pool

英 [puːl]

美 [puːl]

n.  水坑，水塘，池塘(尤指自然形成的); 一滩(液体); 一小片(液体或光); 共用的资源(或资金)
v.  集中资源(或材料等)

复数：pools　现在分词：pooling　过去分词：pooled　过去式：pooled　第三人称单数：pools　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1678 / COCA.1565

同义词辨析

poolpond【导航词义：池塘，水塘】

牛津词典

noun

游泳 for swimming游泳 for swimming水 of water
• 水坑，水塘，池塘（尤指自然形成的）
  a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally
  1. freshwater pools
     淡水池塘
  2. a rock pool (= between rocks by the sea)
     岩石区潮水潭
液体；光 of liquid/light
• 一滩（液体）；一小片（液体或光）
  a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface
  1. The body was lying in a pool of blood.
     尸体倒卧在血泊之中。
  2. a pool of light
     一小片光亮
众人；事物 group of things/people
• 共用的资源（或资金）
  a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed
  1. a pool of cars used by the firm's sales force
     公司销售人员共用的车辆
  2. a pool car
     一辆共用的汽车
• （统称）备用人员
  a group of people available for work when needed
  1. a pool of cheap labour
     廉价后备劳力
游戏 game
• 普尔；落袋台球；弹子球
  a game for two people played with 16 coloured balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.
  1. a pool table
     普尔球台
  2. to shoot (= play) pool
     打普尔
足球 football足球 football

verb

• 集中资源（或材料等）
  to collect money, information, etc. from different people so that it can be used by all of them
  1. The students work individually, then pool their ideas in groups of six.
     学生先分头工作，然后六人一组交流心得。
  2. Police forces across the country are pooling resources in order to solve this crime.
     全国各地警方通力合作以侦破这宗罪案。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 同 swimming pool
  Apoolis the same as aswimming pool.
  1. ...a heated indoor pool...
     室内温水泳池
  2. During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded.
     冬季来游泳的人很多，泳池人满为患。
• See also:The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds....beautiful gardens filled with pools, fountains and rare birds.rock pool
• N-COUNT （液体的）一摊；（光的）一片
  Apool ofliquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface.
  1. She was found lying in a pool of blood...
     她被发现躺在一片血泊中。
  2. It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive...
     雨一直静静地下着，沙砾车道上积起了一摊摊水。
  3. The lamps on the side-tables threw warm pools of light on the polished wood.
     边桌上的灯在锃亮的木头上投射下片片温暖的光亮。
• See also:The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected...The new proposal would create a reserve pool of cash.car pool
• VERB 共用，聚拢（资金、知识、设备等）
  If a group of people or organizationspooltheir money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose.
  1. We pooled ideas and information...
     我们集思广益，共享信息。
  2. Philip and I pooled our savings to start up my business.
     我和菲利普把积蓄凑到一起开办了我的公司。
• N-UNCOUNT 落袋台球戏
  Poolis a game played on a large table covered with a cloth. Players use a long stick called a cue to hit a white ball across the table so that it knocks coloured balls with numbers on them into six holes around the edge of the table.
  1. We played pool together and were good mates...
     我们一起打过台球，是好哥们儿。
  2. The Seaman was a bar for pool players and hard drinkers...
     “水手”是供台球玩家和酒徒消遣的酒吧。
  3. He was shooting pool with two other men.
     他在和另外两个男人打落袋台球。
• N-PLURAL （下注猜足球比赛结果的）赌球
  If you dothe pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing correctly the results of football matches.
  1. The odds of winning the pools are about one in 20 million.
     赌球获胜的几率大约是二千万分之一。

英英释义

noun

• any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
  Synonym:pocket billiards
• an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
• an association of companies for some definite purpose
  Synonym:consortiumsyndicate
• an organization of people or resources that can be shared
  1. a car pool
  2. a secretarial pool
  3. when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool
• something resembling a pool of liquid
  1. he stood in a pool of light
  2. his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
  Synonym:puddle
• a small lake
  1. the pond was too small for sailing
  Synonym:pond
• a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
  1. there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
  2. the body lay in a pool of blood
  Synonym:puddle
• the combined stakes of the betters
  Synonym:kitty
• any communal combination of funds
  1. everyone contributed to the pool

verb

• join or form a pool of people
• combine into a common fund
  1. We pooled resources

双语例句

• It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive
  雨一直静静地下着，沙砾车道上积起了一摊摊水。
• The traditional lawn has been replaced by low-cost terracing, with a raised pool and waterfall.
  传统的草坪已经被低成本梯田所取代，梯田上有个高位水塘和瀑布似的水流。
• The new proposal would create a reserve pool of cash.
  这项新的提议将建立一个现金储备基金。
• His head struck the bottom when he dived into the 6ft end of the pool
  他一头扎进6英尺深的游泳池时头撞到池底了。
• If the pool was open, we'd in all probability still be swimming in it
  如果游泳池还开着，我们完全可能还在里面游泳。
• The Seaman was a bar for pool players and hard drinkers
  “水手”是供台球玩家和酒徒消遣的酒吧。
• She was found lying in a pool of blood
  她被发现躺在一片血泊中。
• The pool's fiberglass sides had cracked and the water had leaked out
  泳池四周的玻璃钢面开裂，水渗了出来。
• She splashed around in the pool with Mark, rowdily trying to duck him.
  她和马克在水池中嬉戏，胡闹着要将他按入水中。
• When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.
  退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。