pool

pool1
noun
  1. a small area of still water, typically one formed naturally
    池塘，池，洼，潭
    ■a small, shallow patch of liquid lying on a surface
    一摊，一片（液体）
    a pool of blood.
    一摊血。
    the lamps cast pools of light on the wet streets.
    这些灯在湿漉漉的大街上撒下了一片片灯光。
    ■a swimming pool
    游泳池
    ■a deep place in a river
    （河的）深水处；深潭
verb
  1. [no obj.](of water or another liquid) form a pool on the ground or another surface
    （水或其他液体）积成池（或洼、潭）
    the oil pooled behind the quay walls, escaping slowly into the river.
    油在码头岸壁后积成了潭，并慢慢流进河流中。
    ■(of blood) accumulate in parts of the venous system
    （血液）在静脉中淤积
语源
  1. Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl
pool2
noun
  1. a supply of vehicles or goods available for use when needed
    共用车辆（或商品）
    a car pool.
    共用汽车队。
    ■a group of people available for work when required
    共用人员
    the typing pool.
    联合打字组。
    ■a group of people considered as a resource
    人力资源
    a nationwide pool of promising high-school students.
    全国有前途的中学生资源。
    ■an arrangement, illegal in many countries, between competing parties to fix prices or rates and share business in order to eliminate competition
    垄断性联营
    ■a common fund into which all contributors pay and from which financial backing is provided
    集合基金
    big public investment pools.
    大型公共投资基金。
    ■a source of common funding for speculative operations on financial markets
    金融投机基金源
    a huge pool of risk capital.
    一大笔风险资本基金源。
    ■a group of contestants who compete against each other in a tournament for the right to advance to the next round
    预选竞赛组
    ■the collective amount of players' stakes in gambling or sweepstakes; a kitty
    集体赌注；抽头
    ■(一般作 the pools). another term for football pool
    同 football pool
  2. [mass noun]a game played on a small billiard table using two sets of seven coloured and numbered balls together with one black ball and a white cue ball, with the aim of pocketing all one's own balls and then the black
    落袋台球戏
verb
  1. [with obj.](of two or more people or organizations) put (money or other assets) into a common fund
    （多人或组织）把（钱或其他资金）集中共用
    they entered a contract to pool any gains and invest them profitably.
    他们签了一个合同，将盈利集中起来并进行赢利性投资。
    ■share (things) in common, for the benefit of all those involved
    共享
    [as noun pooling]a pooling of ideas.
    集思广益。
  2. (Austral. informal)implicate or inform on
    (澳，非正式)使受牵连，告密
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense 'stake, kitty', associated with pool
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