pool1/pul; puːl/n 1 [C] a place that has been made for people to swim in [ swimming pool ] 游泳池: Does the hotel have a pool? 这家酒店有游泳池吗?2 [U] a game in which you use a long stick to hit balls into holes at the edge of a table 落袋撞球游戏3 [C] a small area of water or another liquid on a surface 一摊水[液体等]: Pools had formed among the rocks. 岩石之间积起了一摊摊水。pool of water/blood/oil etc She was lying in a pool of blood. 她躺在血泊中。4 [C] a quantity of money or things that is available for a group of people to use 共用的资金[资源]: the company car pool 公司的共用汽车5 the pools a game in Britain in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football games 足球赌博﹐足球博彩〔英国的一种赌博方式〕
pool2v [T] if people pool their money, knowledge etc, they combine it so that they can all use it 把〔金钱﹑知识等〕集中起来共同使用: a meeting to pool ideas 一次集思广益的会议