pool

1. N-COUNT A pool is the same as a . 遊泳池

...a heated indoor pool. …一個室內(nèi)溫水遊泳池。

2. N-COUNT A pool is a fairly small area of still water. 水池

The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds. 該水池已經(jīng)乾涸，長滿了歐洲蕨和蘆葦。

3. N-COUNT A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface. 一灘 (液躰); 一片 (光)

She was found lying in a pool of blood. 她被發(fā)現(xiàn)躺在一灘血泊中。

It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive. 雨正靜靜地下著，砂礫車道上積了一灘灘的水。

4. N-COUNT A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use. 一撥人; 一筆錢; 一筆物資

The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected. 一撥可用的健康勞力人數(shù)達不到軍方官員們的期望值。

5. N-UNCOUNT any of various billiard games in which the object is to pot all the balls with the cue ball, esp that played with 15 coloured and numbered balls; pocket billiards 落袋臺球戯

6. →see also carpool

7. V-T If a group of people or organizations pool their money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose. 集中(資金、知識或設(shè)備，供大家分享)

We pooled ideas and information. 我們滙集了意見和信息。