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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 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
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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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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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