pool, pond

名詞 pool:

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

動(dòng)詞 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.
   狐貍倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
2. They stripped off and jumped into the pool.
   他們脫掉衣服，跳進(jìn)了池子。
3. She lay at the side of the pool and paddled in the water with her fingers.
   她躺在池子邊上，用手指玩水。
4. The children ducked each other in the swimming pool.
   孩子們?cè)谟斡境乩锘ハ喟褜?duì)方按入水中。
5. There is a swimming pool in the park.
   公園里有一個(gè)游泳池。

pool

n.（名詞）
A small body of still water.
池塘：靜止的小水體
An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle:
一灘，一池：不流動(dòng)的一灘液體；一池水：
例句：
a pool of blood.
一灘鮮血

A deep or still place in a stream.
水深處河流的靜止處或深潭
A swimming pool.
游泳池
An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.
貯油層，瓦斯層：位于多孔的沉積巖中的地下石油層或瓦斯層
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
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:
淤積：在身體某一部分淤積：
例句：
preventing blood from pooling in the limbs.
防止血液在四肢中淤積

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English pôl
源自 古英語(yǔ) pôl

pool
pool 2

n.（名詞）
Games
【游戲】
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.
賭博游戲：一種與抽彩票相似的賭博游戲，玩法是每個(gè)比賽者下一定數(shù)目的賭注形成公共基金，贏者將全部獲得這筆錢
A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.
全部賭款：在賭博游戲或某事的結(jié)果中含有全部錢的賭注
A grouping of resources for the common advantage of the participants:
資源的集合：為參與者共同利益的資源集合：
例句：
a pool of implements for the use of all the workers on the estate; forming a pool of our talents.
種植園中所有工人共同使用的工具；將我們的才能聚集起來(lái)

An available supply, the use of which is shared by a group.
儲(chǔ)備物資：可用的儲(chǔ)備物資，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:
記者團(tuán)：報(bào)導(dǎo)某一事件然后再根據(jù)協(xié)議與參予的新聞機(jī)構(gòu)分享報(bào)導(dǎo)的一群記者：
例句：
the White House press pool.
白宮的記者團(tuán).

A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.
集合基金：為了投機(jī)或操縱證券價(jià)格而由一群證券持有人建立起來(lái)的共同基金
The persons or parties participating in such a fund.
集合基金成員：加入這樣的基金組織的人或團(tuán)體
An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.
壟斷性聯(lián)營(yíng)：互相競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的企業(yè)之間達(dá)成的協(xié)議，涉及共同控制生產(chǎn)、市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷及產(chǎn)品價(jià)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
落袋臺(tái)球游戲：一種在有六個(gè)袋的臺(tái)球桌上玩的游戲通常帶有十五個(gè)目標(biāo)球和一個(gè)主球也作 在此意義上也可稱作 pocket billiards
v.（動(dòng)詞）
pooled,pool.ing,pools
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To put into a fund for use by all:
共同承擔(dān)：為共同使用而投入基金：
例句：
Let`s pool our resources to finish the project quickly.
讓我們集合我們的資源以盡快完成這個(gè)項(xiàng)目

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To join or form a pool.
合伙經(jīng)營(yíng)：參與或組成聯(lián)營(yíng)

來(lái)源：
French poule [hen, stakes, booty]
法語(yǔ) poule [母雞，賭注，戰(zhàn)利品]
from Old French [hen, young chicken]
源自 古法語(yǔ) [母雞，小雞]
from Latin pullus [young of an animal] * see pau-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) pullus [小動(dòng)物] *參見 pau-

【引伸】
pool.er
n.（名詞）