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The flashcard defines "pool" as a swimming pool or a small body of still water. It can also refer to a quantity of resources or a game played on a table with balls and cues. As a verb, "pool" means to share or combine resources for common use.

The flashcard defines "pool" as a swimming pool or a small body of still water. It can also refer to a quantity of resources or a game played on a table with balls and cues. As a verb, "pool" means to share or combine resources for common use.

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/pu͟ːl/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 swimming pool A pool is the same as a swimming pool .
  • ...a heated indoor pool...

    室内温水泳池

  • 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
rock pool
;池塘;水池;水洼 A pool is a fairly small area of still water.
  • 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。

  • ...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

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
  [N of n]
  • She was found lying in a pool of blood...

    她被发现躺在一片血泊中。

  • 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 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
car pool
;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.
  [with supp]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  • We pooled ideas and information...

    我们集思广益,共享信息。

  • 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。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.
  • We played pool together and were good mates...

    我们一起打过台球,是好哥们儿。

  • 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。

  • He was shooting pool with two other men.

    他在和另外两个男人打落袋台球。

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](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.
  [the N]
  [BRIT 英]
  • 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。


Oxford pool ★ / puːl ; NAmE puːl /
noun
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verb
pool pools pooled pooling
noun ★ _hobbies_comp.jpg _pool.jpg for swimming 游泳 1 ★ [countable ] =
swimming pool
◆ Does the hotel have a pool? 这家旅馆有没有游泳池? ◆ relaxing by the pool 在游泳池边休息 ☞see also
plunge pool
of water 水 2 ★ [countable ] a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally 水坑,水塘,池塘(尤指自然形成的) ◆ freshwater pools 淡水池塘 ◆ a rock pool (= between rocks by the sea) (海边岩石间的)潮水潭 of liquid/light 液体;光 3 ★ [countable ] pool(of sth) a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface 一滩(液体);一小片(液体或光) ◆ The body was lying in a pool of blood. 尸体倒卧在血泊之中。 ◆ a pool of light 一小片亮光 group of things/people 众人;事物 4 [countable ] pool(of sth) a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed 共用的资源(或资金) ◆ a pool of cars used by the firm's sales force 公司销售人员共用的车辆 ◆ a pool car 一辆共用的汽车 5 [countable ] pool(of sth) a group of people available for work when needed (统称)备用人员 ◆ a pool of cheap labour 廉价后备劳力 game 游戏 6 [uncountable ] a game for two people played with 16 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. 普尔;落袋枱球;弹子球; 落袋撞球 ◆ a pool table 普尔球枱 ◆ to shoot (= play)pool 打普尔 ☞compare
billiards
,
snooker
  n.  (1 )
football 足球 7 the pools [plural ] =
football pools
◆ He does the pools every week. 他每周都去赌足球普尔。 ◆ a pools winner 赌普尔获胜者
☞see also
gene pool
verb poolsth to collect money, information, etc. from different people so that it can be used by all of them 集中资源(或材料等) ◆ The students work inspanidually, then pool their ideas in groups of six. 学生先分头工作,然后六人一组交流意见。 ◆ 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。 pool / puːl ; NAmE puːl /
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pool1 noun
pool2 verb
poolpool1 /puːl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun
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1pool (1)for swimming [countable] a hole or container that has been specially made and filled with water so that people can swim or play in it SYN  swimming pool:  They have a nice pool in their backyard. a shallow pool suitable for children2area of water [countable] a small area of still water in a hollow place:  pools of water with tiny fish in them Mosquitoes breed in stagnant pools of water.3pool of water/blood/light etc a small area of liquid or light on a surface:  A guard found him lying in a pool of blood. a pool of light formed by the street lamp above4game [uncountable] a game in which you use a stick to hit numbered balls into holes around a table, which is often played in barsshoot/play pool We went to the pub and played pool.5group of people [countable] a group of people who are available to work or to do an activity when they are neededpool of a pool of talented applicants to choose from The region has a large and talented labour pool.6shared money/things [countable usually singular] a number of things that are shared or an amount of money that is shared by a group of people:  Both partners put money into a common pool.7the pools a system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing the results of football games:  I do the pools sometimes. Dad won £40 on the pools.8sports [countable] American English a game in which people try to win money by guessing the result of a sports game, or the money that is collected from these people for this:  the office basketball pool
pool1 noun
pool2 verb
poolpool2 verb [transitive]
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to combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them:  Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property. The students worked together, pooling their knowledge.
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pool

[pu:l]pooled, pooling, pools

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pooled[244] pooling[303] pools[2531]
游泳池(84%),水塘(5%),联营(5%),共用(2%),汇集(2%),共同储金(1%),美式撞球(1%)
n.联营;撞球;水塘;共同资金
vt.合伙经营
vi.联营,合伙经营
n.(Pool)人名;(英、西)普尔;(芬、德)波尔

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