| 释义 |
pool1 /pool/ noun- A small body of still water
- A temporary or casual collection of water or other liquid
- A puddle
- A deep part of a stream
- An underground accumulation (in the pores of sedimentary rock) of petroleum or gas
- A swimming-pool
intransitive verb- To collect into a pool
- To accumulate
ORIGIN: OE pōl; Du poel, Ger Pfuhl; relation to Ir and Gaelic poll, and Welsh pwll undetermined poolˈside noun and adjective pool2 /pool/ noun- The stakes in certain games
- The collective stakes of a number of people who combine in a betting arrangement
- An organized arrangement for betting in this way
- A group of people combining in this way
- A game, or a set of players, at quadrille, etc
- A game or contest of various kinds in which the winner receives the pool
- Any of various games played on a table smaller than a billiard table, each player trying to pocket a number of (esp coloured and numbered) balls
- A common stock or fund
- A combination of interest
- A combine
- An arrangement for eliminating competition
- A group of people who may be called upon as required, eg, a group of typists
- (in pl; often with the) a competition based on betting on the results of a number of football games
transitive verb To put into a common fund or stock intransitive verb To form a pool ORIGIN: Fr poule a hen, also stakes (poss through an intermediate sense of plunder), but associated in English with pool1 scoop the pool (informal; gambling) To win a substantial amount of money from collective stakes |