pool
n
1 small area of still water, esp one that has formed naturally 水池, 水塘, 水坑(尤指自然形成者)
After the rainstorm, there were pools on the roads. 暴雨過後路上有許多水洼兒.
2 shallow patch of water or other liquid lying on a surface 一灘水或其他液體
The body was lying in a pool of blood. 尸體躺在血泊中.
3 place in a river where the water is deep and there isnot much current 河中水深甚少流動之處.
4 = swimming-pool (swim).
pool n
1 [C] common fund of money, esp the stakes of all the players in a gambling game (集中在一起的)款額; 共同儲金; (尤指)各賭博者的合計賭金.
2 [C]
(a) common supply of funds, goods or services which are available to a group of people to be used when needed 集中使用的資金、 物資、 服務等
a pool of cars used by the firm's salesmen 公司推銷人員共用的一些汽車
[attrib 作定語]
a pool car 公用汽車.
(b) group of people available for work when required 可招之即來的一些人
a pool of doctors available for emergency work 為應付緊急情況而待命的一些醫生
a `typing pool,ie a pool of typists 提供聯合服務的打字人員.
3 [C] arrangement by a number of business firms to agree on prices and share profits, in order to avoid competition 聯營(公司之間為避免競爭而在價格和利潤上訂立協議的措施).
4 [U] (esp US) game played with (usu) 16 coloured balls on a billiard-table, similar to snooker 普爾彈子戲(類似落袋臺球的游戲, 通常用16個彩色球).
5 the pools [pl]
= football pools (football)
do the pools every week 每星期都賭足球普爾
have a win on the pools 贏得足球普爾彩金.
6 (idm 習語) shoot pool => shoot1. pool, v [Tn]
put (money, resources, etc) into a common fund 向共同基金提供(金錢、 資源等)
They pooled their savings and bought a house in the country. 他們用積蓄的錢合資在鄉間買了一所房子.
(fig 比喻) If we pool our ideas, we may find a solution. 我們集思廣益就能找到解決辦法.