pool

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

e.g. a car pool
a secretarial pool
when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool

5. something resembling a pool of liquid

e.g. he stood in a pool of light
his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines

Synonym: puddle

6. a small lake

e.g. the pond was too small for sailing

Synonym: pond

7. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

e.g. there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
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

e.g. everyone contributed to the pool

verb

1. join or form a pool of people

2. combine into a common fund

e.g. We pooled resources

1. 同 swimming pool
A pool is the same as a swimming pool .

e.g. ...a heated indoor pool...
室内温水泳池
e.g. 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. 池塘；水池；水洼
A pool is a fairly small area of still water.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...beautiful gardens filled with pools, fountains and rare birds.
处处可见水池、喷泉和珍稀鸟类的美丽花园

3. （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.

e.g. She was found lying in a pool of blood...
她被发现躺在一片血泊中。
e.g. 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。

4. 备用数量；可用数目
A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

5. 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.

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e.g. We pooled ideas and information...
我们集思广益，共享信息。
e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. We played pool together and were good mates...
我们一起打过台球，是好哥们儿。
e.g. 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。

7. （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.

e.g. 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。

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