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BNC: 1678 COCA: 1565

pool

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ldoce_266_dpool1 /puːl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  
1  swimming_pool.jpg for swimming 用于游泳 [countableC] a hole or container that has been specially made and filled with water so that people can swim or play in it 游泳池 SYN swimming pool
 They have a nice pool in their backyard.
他们后院有个漂亮的游泳池。
 a shallow pool suitable for children
适合儿童的浅水池
→5  See picture of baize 台面呢, cushion 台边, pocket 球袋 ... →4  See picture of 见图 pool
2  area of water 水域 [countableC] a small area of still water in a hollow place 水塘，水池
 pools of water with tiny fish in them
有小鱼的一个个水池
 Mosquitoes breed in stagnant pools of water.
蚊子在死水塘中繁殖。
3  pool of water/blood/light etc LIQUIDAMOUNTa small area of liquid or light on a surface 一摊水/一摊血/一小片光等
 A guard found him lying in a pool of blood.
一个卫兵发现他躺在血泊中。
 a pool of light formed by the street lamp above
街灯投下的一片光亮
Examples from the Corpus
pool of water/blood/light etc• His black telephone sat captive in a pool of light, ready for interrogation.• A guard found him lying in a pool of blood, and a doctor saved him.• Then on the fifth day, mid-morning, a pool of light as pale and clear as moonstone appeared on the horizon.• There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now, around his head.• A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.• She leaves the coach and wanders through fields for many miles until between trees she sees a deep black pool of water.• After they are replaced, the spent fuel rods are cooled for several years in pools of water at the plants.• The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot, flood or an ordinary bulb.
4  game 游戏 [uncountableU]DGS a game in which you use a stick to hit numbered balls into holes around a table, which is often played in bars 落袋台球；普尔台球
shoot/play pool
 We went to the pub and played pool.
我们去酒吧打了落袋台球。
→5 see picture at 见图 table1
5  group of people 一组人 [countableC] a group of people who are available to work or to do an activity when they are needed 可用的人员，备用人员
pool of
 a pool of talented applicants to choose from
可供选拔的一批有才干的申请人
 The region has a large and talented labour pool.
该地区有一大批有才能的后备劳动力。
6  shared money/things 共用资金/事物 [countableC usually singular]GROUP OF THINGS a number of things that are shared or an amount of money that is shared by a group of people 共用物；共用资金
 Both partners put money into a common pool.
两个合伙人都向共用资金注资。
7  the pools DGGa system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing the results of football games 足球普尔，足球赌博，足球博彩〔英国的一种赌博方式，通过竞猜足球比赛的结果以赢钱〕
n I do the pools sometimes.
 Dad won £40 on the pools.
爸爸玩足球博彩赢了40英镑。
Examples from the Corpus
do the pools• I do the pools sometimes, an' all.• Gamblers who find it infra-dig to do the pools, and now have a national lottery to look forward to.
8  sports 运动 [countableC] American EnglishAmE a game in which people try to win money by guessing the result of a sports game, or the money that is collected from these people for this 普尔〔指通过竞猜体育比赛结果来赢钱的赌博方式〕；通过普尔收集的赌款
 the office basketball pool
办公室篮球赌博
Examples from the Corpus
pool• Most countries have a pool of surplus labour.• The Kohlers' have a pool in their backyard.• Trautman was lying in a pool of blood.• A pool of oil had collected under the car.• a pool of volunteers for community projects• What Mr Milken did was to make huge pools of capital available to finance takeovers.• Huge pools of eyes stared back at her from the dead white planes of the face.• a secretarial pool• There is a much smaller pool of houses to rent than there used to be.• Below us in the center of the compound there was a swimming pool, set amidst flower beds and rows of palms.• Anna was gazing at the pool of fluid, and the corners of her mouth began to droop.• I spent the entire afternoon relaxing by the pool.• He won $50,000 from the pool.• Littlewoods, the pools promoter, calculates each punter has a 1:39 chance of a win.• Going too fast would result in his jumping over the pool and crashing into the far end.• There had been the world, with the pool in the middle and the petals round the edge.• But even more intriguing was the third pool, Heart pool.• Kids were looking at the starfish and anemones in the tide pools.
shoot/play pool• There is a games room where you can play pool or table-tennis, and live music is planned for the summer.• He left the house less and less frequently and spent more and more time in the cellar playing pool.• I play pool, but I am really brutal.• The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words.• She reported that when members play pool they pay 10p.• I lean against the cigarette machine and watch the men play pool, sipping my Bud.• I have fond memories of Sussex-playing pool and, much more to the point, the excellent discussions on science.
labour pool• The area possessed a large labour pool.• Men are now recruited into a national labour pool and their home base is largely irrelevant to where they take ships.
pool2 verb [transitiveT]  
SHAREto combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them 合伙[集中]使用，共用
 Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property.
投资者同意集资开发这处房地产。
 The students worked together, pooling their knowledge.
学生们集思广益。
Examples from the Corpus
pool• All information can be pooled at the report session, and problems discussed and clarified.• If constitutional independence is what sovereignty is, I do not know how one can reduce it by pooling it.• Why don't we get together and pool our ideas?• If we all pool our money I'm sure we'll have enough to buy her a present.• We will be pooling our sovereignty, not losing it.• Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen.• Other voluntary hospitals with such funds lost them to the Exchequer, which pooled them in a central fund.
pool ... resources• Many companies are pooling their resources and talents through alliances and mergers with other companies to make the electronic marketplace a reality.• Like pooling our resources and that.• Usually they pool their financial resources and their business acumen.• Individual unions are beginning to cooperate strategically and pool resources for membership recruitment and strike funds.• Through the securities market, corporations can pool the financial resources of extremely large numbers of people.• Furthermore, if one of the females becomes too dominant they can pool their male resources to put her in her place.• It is even cheaper to pool your resources with four or five other bands and put together a composite album.• The obligation to pool and share resources with one's kin would be felt differently by women and men.
From Longman Business Dictionary
poolpool1 /puːl/ noun [countableC]
1an amount of money or a number of things shared by a group of people
Both partners put money into a common pool, and both may spend this money.
→ blind pool
2HUMAN RESOURCESa group of people who are available to do a particular job, if they are needed
Taiwan offered a pool of cheap labour.
There is a considerable pool of experience within our own organization.
3INSURANCE an association of insurance companies organized to UNDERWRITE (=be responsible for) a particular risk, each member sharing any costs or losses
the state-run pool for high-risk drivers
→ see also car pool1, motor pool
poolpool2 verb [transitiveT]
to combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them
Meetings enable people to pool ideas.
More and more firms are pooling their resources and going into joint ventures.
—pooling noun [uncountableU]
the pooling of information
Origin pool1
1. Old English pol
2. (1600-1700) French poule “hen”; perhaps because a chicken was the target or prize in a game
pool1 nounpool2 verb
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BNC: 1678 COCA: 1565
pool

noun¹

 1swimming pool, etc.游泳池ADJECTIVE | VERB + POOL | POOL + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤bathing, paddling, swimming, wading (NAmE) 洗浴池；兒童嬉水池；游泳池▸➤big大水池▸➤little, small小水池▸➤deep深水池▸➤empty無水的水池▸➤indoor室內游泳池▸➤open-air, outdoor露天游泳池▸➤heated溫水游泳池➤backyard (NAmE) 後院游泳池➤in-ground (NAmE) 埋地式家庭游泳池➤Olympic, Olympic-size奧林匹克運動會／奧林匹克運動會規格的游泳池➤baby, children's, kiddie (especially NAmE) 嬰兒／兒童／小孩嬉水池▸➤inflatable充氣水池◇We gave the children an inflatable pool for Christmas.聖誕節我們送給孩子們一個充氣嬉水池。➤lap (NAmE) 小型健身游泳池◇a 25 m lap pool25 米長的小型健身游泳池➤diving (especially BrE) 跳水池◇I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards.我的跳板跳水結束後就離開了跳水池。➤wave波浪池◇a unique new wave pool一個獨特的新波浪池➤plunge（尤指桑拿浴後爽身的）小泳池◇a sauna and plunge pool桑拿和瀑布潭➤birthing (BrE) 分娩池◇babies born in birthing pools在分娩池中出生的嬰兒VERB + POOL➤swim in在水池裏游泳▸➤dive into, jump into, plunge into跳進水池➤fill給水池充水➤drain將水池的水放走◇You won't have to drain the pool so often.你不必這麼頻繁地放掉池子裏的水。POOL + NOUN➤deck (especially NAmE) 游泳池邊的地面◇I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down.我在游泳池邊濕濕的地上滑倒了。➤attendant, boy (NAmE) 游泳池的服務員◇Jack works there as a pool boy.傑克在那兒做泳池服務員。➤party泳池派對◇A girl invited me over to her pool party.一個姑娘邀請我參加她的泳池派對。PHRASES➤the bottom, edge, middle, side, etc. of the pool水池的底部、邊緣、中央、一側等▸➤a length of the pool水池的長度◇He swam three lengths of the pool.他在游泳池裏游了一個半來回。
pool

noun²

 2small shallow area of water水坑ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤big, large大水坑▸➤little, small小水坑▸➤bottomless, deep深不見底的水坑；深水坑▸➤shallow淺水坑▸➤stagnant, still死水坑▸➤muddy泥水坑◇Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds.犀牛喜歡在泥濘的水塘裏和沙質的河牀上打滾。➤freshwater, saltwater淡水／鹹水池塘▸➤rock, tide (NAmE) 岩石區潮水潭；滿潮湖▸➤ornamental, reflecting (especially NAmE) 裝飾性水池；倒影池PREPOSITION➤in a/the pool在水坑裏◇The children waded in the shallow rock pools.孩子們在水很淺的岩石區潮水潭裏蹚水玩兒。➤pool of⋯的坑◇pools of water水坑
pool

noun³

 3small area of liquid/light一灘液體；一片光ADJECTIVE | VERB + POOL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤big一大灘▸➤little, small一小灘▸➤dark黑黑的一灘➤mud一灘泥漿◇The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools.公園裏滿是溫泉和冒泡的泥漿潭。VERB + POOL➤lie in躺在一攤⋯裏◇The body lay in a dark pool of blood.屍體四周是一片黑乎乎的血。PREPOSITION➤in a/the pool在一灘⋯裏◇The wick floated in a pool of oil.燈芯漂浮在一池油上。➤pool of一片⋯◇pools of light一片片光亮
pool

noun⁴

 4supply of sth供應物ADJECTIVE | VERB + POOL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤big, huge, large, vast一大批⋯◇a vast pool of knowledge on best practices關於最佳做法的大量知識➤limited, small有限的／一小批⋯◇They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants.他們將與其他被告分享一筆有限的資金。➤growing, shrinking增長的／縮小的共有物品◇a growing pool of data日益龐大的數據庫◇a shrinking pool of assets萎縮的共同資產➤available可用的儲備◇the available pool of really good people現成可用的優秀人才儲備➤common共用基金◇They draw on funds from a common pool.他們動用共用基金。➤diverse多樣化的儲備◇this nation's diverse talent pool這個國家多樣化的人才庫➤car, labour/labor, motor, typing拼車的一夥人；勞動力儲備；集中調度的一批汽車；（大辦公室裏的）打字組➤applicant, recruiting (especially NAmE) 求職群體；應聘人員儲備◇We need to increase our applicant pool.我們需要增加我們的求職人員儲備。➤talent人才庫◇There's a great talent pool in the business community.商界裏面有巨大的人才庫。➤jury (NAmE) 陪審團儲備➤press (especially NAmE) （共享資源的）媒體集團◇A member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president.媒體集團的一位成員大聲向總統提了一個問題。➤gene基因庫◇They share a common gene pool.他們共用一個基因庫。VERB + POOL➤build, create, form建設／創建／形成⋯庫➤broaden, expand, increase擴大⋯庫；增加⋯儲備◇Supporting a diverse work force broadens our pool of talent.支持多樣化的工作隊伍擴大了我們的人才庫。◇a method of expanding the pool of potential investors一種擴大潛在投資人群的方法PREPOSITION➤pool of一群⋯◇a strong pool of talent in the company公司強大的人才儲備◇a large pool of cheap labour / labor大量廉價勞動力
BNC: 1678 COCA: 1565
pool noun
⇨ lake (rock pools) ⇨ supply (a pool of cars)pool verb
⇨ share
BNC: 1678 COCA: 1565

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