英语词汇“pool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pool
释义	pool —pool /puːl/ Ⅰ noun (LIQUID) 1 B2 [C] a small area of usually still water: » We looked for crabs in the rock pools along the seashore.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Inland waters 2 B2 [C] a small amount of liquid on a surface: » a pool of blood/oil» _FIGURATIVE a pool of lightThesaurus⁺: ↑Water in general 3 A2 [C] a SWIMMING POOL(Cf. ↑swimming pool): » I spent most of my holiday lying/sunbathing by the pool.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Swimming • • • Extra Examples:» The boys were splashing about and ducking each other in the pool.» I just managed to grab hold of Lucy before she fell in the pool.» a pool of sunlight» She looked at her reflection in the deep green pool of water.» She dipped her toe into the pool to see how cold it was. Ⅱ noun (MONEY) 1 F0 [C] in some card games, an amount of money that is collected from all the players and received by the player who wins the game Thesaurus⁺: ↑Actions involved in playing cards 2 F0 [C] _US the money risked by a number of people on the result of a game or event: » a baseball/football/hockey pool» the office pool» Who won the pool?Thesaurus⁺: ↑General words for amounts of money , ↑Large amounts of money , ↑Small amounts of money the pools [plural] (_ALSO football pools) _UK 3 F0 a type of gambling in which people risk a small amount of money and try to guess the results of football matches correctly and win a lot of money: » They do the pools every week.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Gambling and bookmaking , ↑Taking risks Ⅲ noun [C] (COLLECTION) ► F0 a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such as money, collected together for shared use by several people or organizations: » Patrick crashed a Ford that he'd borrowed from the car pool at work.» As unemployment rises, the pool of cheap labour increases.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Groups and collections of things , ↑Variety and mixturesThesaurus⁺: ↑General words for amounts of money , ↑Large amounts of money , ↑Small amounts of money • • • Extra Examples:» During times of mass unemployment, there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from.» Did Gary win the office pool?» Everybody puts some money into a common pool.» We need a reserve pool of cash, just to be on the safe side.» We're recruiting from a large pool of graduate lawyers. Ⅳ noun [U] (GAME) ► B1 a game in which two people use cues (= long, thin poles) to hit 16 coloured balls into six holes around the edge of a large table covered in soft cloth: » a pool table/room/hall» _{MAINLY US INFORMAL} Do you want to shoot (= play) some pool?→ _COMPARE SNOOKER(Cf. ↑snooker) nounThesaurus⁺: ↑Snooker, pool and billiards Ⅴ verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for pool ► F0 to collect something such as money in order for it to be used by several different people or groups: » Three schools in Putney have pooled their resources/money in order to buy an area of waste ground and turn it into a sports field.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Collecting and amassing
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