pool

pool, pond

名词 pool:

1. an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
2. a small lake
   同义词：pond
3. an organization of people or resources that can be shared
4. an association of companies for some definite purpose
   同义词：consortium, syndicate
5. any communal combination of funds
6. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
   同义词：puddle
7. the combined stakes of the betters
   同义词：kitty
8. something resembling a pool of liquid
   同义词：puddle
9. any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
   同义词：pocket billiards

动词 pool:

1. combine into a common fund
2. join or form a pool of people

1. The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.
   狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
2. They stripped off and jumped into the pool.
   他们脱掉衣服，跳进了池子。
3. She lay at the side of the pool and paddled in the water with her fingers.
   她躺在池子边上，用手指玩水。
4. The children ducked each other in the swimming pool.
   孩子们在游泳池里互相把对方按入水中。
5. There is a swimming pool in the park.
   公园里有一个游泳池。

pool

n.（名词）
A small body of still water.
池塘：静止的小水体
An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle:
一滩，一池：不流动的一滩液体；一池水：
例句：
a pool of blood.
一滩鲜血

A deep or still place in a stream.
水深处河流的静止处或深潭
A swimming pool.
游泳池
An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.
贮油层，瓦斯层：位于多孔的沉积岩中的地下石油层或瓦斯层
v.intr.（不及物动词）
pooled,pool.ing,pools
To form pools or a pool:
使形成池塘或水洼：
例句：
The receding tide pooled in hollows along the shore.
潮水退去后留下的小水洼

To accumulate in a body part:
淤积：在身体某一部分淤积：
例句：
preventing blood from pooling in the limbs.
防止血液在四肢中淤积

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English pôl
源自 古英语 pôl

pool
pool 2

n.（名词）
Games
【游戏】
A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.
赌博游戏：一种与抽彩票相似的赌博游戏，玩法是每个比赛者下一定数目的赌注形成公共基金，赢者将全部获得这笔钱
A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.
全部赌款：在赌博游戏或某事的结果中含有全部钱的赌注
A grouping of resources for the common advantage of the participants:
资源的集合：为参与者共同利益的资源集合：
例句：
a pool of implements for the use of all the workers on the estate; forming a pool of our talents.
种植园中所有工人共同使用的工具；将我们的才能聚集起来

An available supply, the use of which is shared by a group.
储备物资：可用的储备物资，被一群人共同分享使用的
A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media:
记者团：报导某一事件然后再根据协议与参予的新闻机构分享报导的一群记者：
例句：
the White House press pool.
白宫的记者团.

A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.
集合基金：为了投机或操纵证券价格而由一群证券持有人建立起来的共同基金
The persons or parties participating in such a fund.
集合基金成员：加入这样的基金组织的人或团体
An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.
垄断性联营：互相竞争的企业之间达成的协议，涉及共同控制生产、市场营销及产品价格
Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiard table usually with 5 object balls and a cue ball.Also called In this sense, also called pocket billiards
落袋台球游戏：一种在有六个袋的台球桌上玩的游戏通常带有十五个目标球和一个主球也作 在此意义上也可称作 pocket billiards
v.（动词）
pooled,pool.ing,pools
v.tr.（及物动词）
To put into a fund for use by all:
共同承担：为共同使用而投入基金：
例句：
Let`s pool our resources to finish the project quickly.
让我们集合我们的资源以尽快完成这个项目

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To join or form a pool.
合伙经营：参与或组成联营

来源：
French poule [hen, stakes, booty]
法语 poule [母鸡，赌注，战利品]
from Old French [hen, young chicken]
源自 古法语 [母鸡，小鸡]
from Latin pullus [young of an animal] * see pau-
源自 拉丁语 pullus [小动物] *参见 pau-

【引伸】
pool.er
n.（名词）