| 释义 |
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 scoop /skoop/ noun- A container for bailing water
- A concave shovel or lipped container for skimming or shovelling up loose material
- A kitchen utensil, a deeply concave spoon, often fitted with a mechanical device for unloading it, used for dispensing a serving of pulpy food, eg ice cream or mashed potato
- An instrument for gouging out apple-cores, samples of cheese, etc
- Anything of similar shape
- An act of scooping
- A quantity scooped
- A sweeping stroke
- A scooped-out place
- Anything got by or as by scooping, a haul
- The forestalling of other newspapers in obtaining a piece of news
- An item of news so secured (also adjective)
transitive verb- To bail out
- To lift, obtain, remove, hollow, or make with, or as if with, a scoop
- To secure in advance of or to the exclusion of others
intransitive verb (music)To slide up to a pitch ORIGIN: Prob partly MLGer or MDu schôpe bailing-vessel, partly MDu schoppe shovel scooped adjective scoopˈer noun - Someone or something that scoops
- An engraver's tool
- Another name for the avocet
scoopˈful noun (pl scoopˈfuls) scoopˈing noun and adjective scoopedˈ-out adjective scoop neck noun A low rounded neckline scoop net noun - A long-handled dipping net
- A net for scooping along the bottom
scoop the pool see under pool2 |