pool

noun

游泳 for swimming

游泳 for swimming

水 of water

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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
4. （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

5. 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

1. 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。

1. N-COUNT 同 swimming pool
   A pool is the same as a swimming 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。
2. 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
3. N-COUNT （液体的）一摊；（光的）一片
   A pool of liquid 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。
4. 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
5. VERB 共用，聚拢（资金、知识、设备等）
   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.
   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。
6. N-UNCOUNT 落袋台球戏
   Pool is 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。
7. N-PLURAL （下注猜足球比赛结果的）赌球
   If you do the 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。

1. 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。
2. By cross-breeding with our native red deer, the sika deer have affected the gene pool
   通过与我们本地的赤鹿杂交，梅花鹿的基因库已经发生了改变。
3. He drank thirstily from the pool under the rock.
   他饥渴地喝着岩石下水潭中的水。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The swimming pool is framed by tropical gardens
   泳池周围都是栽种热带花卉的花园。
7. 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。
8. My sister smeared herself with suntan oil and slept by the swimming pool all day.
   我姐姐抹了些防晒油，一整天睡在游泳池边。
9. 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。
10. The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds.
    水塘已经干涸，里面都是欧洲蕨和芦苇。
11. She was found lying in a pool of blood
    她被发现躺在一片血泊中。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected
    可用的健壮人力没有军官预计的那么多。
15. 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。
16. We pooled ideas and information
    我们集思广益，共享信息。
17. 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。
18. We played pool together and were good mates
    我们一起打过台球，是好哥们儿。
19. 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。
20. He was shooting pool with two other men.
    他在和另外两个男人打落袋台球。
21. 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。
22. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples
    往池塘里扔块鹅卵石就会激起一片涟漪。
23. He had the run of the house and the pool.
    他可以随意使用这座房子和游泳池。
24. An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool
    一棵橡树的影子投射在一洼圆形的小水池上。
25. We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down
    我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。
26. 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。
27. The daily tariff includes accommodation and unlimited use of the pool and gymnasium.
    日常费用包括住宿以及游泳池和健身房的不限时使用。
28. 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。

  pool pond【导航词义：池塘，水塘】

  pool n. 水塘，池塘

〔辨析〕尤指自然形成的池塘。

  pond n. 池塘

〔辨析〕尤指人工建造的池塘。

noun

1. any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

   Synonym:    pocket billiards

2. an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

3. an association of companies for some definite purpose

   Synonym:    consortiumsyndicate

4. 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

5. 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

6. a small lake
   1. the pond was too small for sailing

   Synonym:    pond

7. 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

8. the combined stakes of the betters

   Synonym:    kitty

9. any communal combination of funds
   1. everyone contributed to the pool

verb

1. join or form a pool of people

2. combine into a common fund
   1. We pooled resources