pool
pool1
noun
pool2
noun
noun
- a small area of still water, typically one formed naturally
池塘，池，洼，潭
■a small, shallow patch of liquid lying on a surface
一摊，一片（液体）
a pool of blood.
一摊血。
the lamps cast pools of light on the wet streets.
这些灯在湿漉漉的大街上撒下了一片片灯光。
■a swimming pool
游泳池
■a deep place in a river
（河的）深水处；深潭
- [no obj.](of water or another liquid) form a pool on the ground or another surface
（水或其他液体）积成池（或洼、潭）
the oil pooled behind the quay walls, escaping slowly into the river.
油在码头岸壁后积成了潭，并慢慢流进河流中。
■(of blood) accumulate in parts of the venous system
（血液）在静脉中淤积
- Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl
pool2
noun
- a supply of vehicles or goods available for use when needed
共用车辆（或商品）
a car pool.
共用汽车队。
■a group of people available for work when required
共用人员
the typing pool.
联合打字组。
■a group of people considered as a resource
人力资源
a nationwide pool of promising high-school students.
全国有前途的中学生资源。
■an arrangement, illegal in many countries, between competing parties to fix prices or rates and share business in order to eliminate competition
垄断性联营
■a common fund into which all contributors pay and from which financial backing is provided
集合基金
big public investment pools.
大型公共投资基金。
■a source of common funding for speculative operations on financial markets
金融投机基金源
a huge pool of risk capital.
一大笔风险资本基金源。
■a group of contestants who compete against each other in a tournament for the right to advance to the next round
预选竞赛组
■the collective amount of players' stakes in gambling or sweepstakes; a kitty
集体赌注；抽头
■(一般作 the pools). another term for football pool
同 football pool - [mass noun]a game played on a small billiard table using two sets of seven coloured and numbered balls together with one black ball and a white cue ball, with the aim of pocketing all one's own balls and then the black
落袋台球戏
- [with obj.](of two or more people or organizations) put (money or other assets) into a common fund
（多人或组织）把（钱或其他资金）集中共用
they entered a contract to pool any gains and invest them profitably.
他们签了一个合同，将盈利集中起来并进行赢利性投资。
■share (things) in common, for the benefit of all those involved
共享
[as noun pooling]a pooling of ideas.
集思广益。 - (Austral. informal)implicate or inform on
(澳，非正式)使受牵连，告密
- late 17th cent. (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense 'stake, kitty', associated with pool
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