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单词 pool room
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pool roomn.1

Brit. /ˈpuːl ruːm/, /ˈpuːl rʊm/, U.S. /ˈpul ˌrum/, /ˈpul ˌrʊm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pool n.3, room n.1
Etymology: < pool n.3 + room n.1
1. A room containing one or more pool tables, esp. one in which a charge is made for playing. Cf. pool hall n. at pool n.3 Compounds 1b.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > betting place
wager-hall1691
wagering-post1696
wager-office1723
betting-post1771
ring1775
betting room1793
betting ring1822
Tattersall1836
betting office1852
betting shop1852
betting-house1853
pool room1861
list shop1875
list house1902
tote-shop1906
silver ring1921
bookmaker1923
bookie1936
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > place for play
billiard-roomc1702
pool room1861
billiard-hall1873
pool parlour1876
pool hall1878
pool joint1914
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. iii. 51 He could go and smoke a cigar in the pool room.
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 74 The poolroom itself was down in the cellar.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. b1/1 My best friend Antoine..and I were hanging around O'Quinn's poolroom.
2001 R. Nicoll White Male Heart (2002) 240 They swallowed the pepper vodka in one gulp and then, picking up their drinks, went through to the pool room.
2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A betting shop. Now rare.
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1887 Chicago Advance 13 Oct. 6/1 The betting..is now mostly done in pool-rooms.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 May 5/1 Only one or two of the women came out of the pool-room with more money than when they entered it.
1931 D. Runyon in Collier's 26 Sept. 57/2 We get the race results by phone off a pool room downtown as fast as they come off.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pool roomn.2

Brit. /ˈpuːl ruːm/, /ˈpuːl rʊm/, U.S. /ˈpul ˌrum/, /ˈpul ˌrʊm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pool n.1, room n.1
Etymology: < pool n.1 + room n.1
A room containing a swimming pool.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [noun] > swimming pool > building containing
pool house1884
pool room1889
1889 Weekly Gaz. (Colorado Springs) 3 Aug. 7/3 The natatorium... Against the exterior wall of the pool room are the dressing rooms.
1906 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 14 Oct. 21/2 A sign was posted on the door of the pool room stating, ‘400 boys in this pool today. You can go in if you want to.’
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby v. 110 Through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms with sunken baths.
1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xiv. 151 Where's the pool room?
1995 Nursing Times 22 Mar. 135 (advt.) We have 56 beds with 14 special care cots..and our delivery suite has pool room facilities for waterbirths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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