新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

pool

英 [puːl]

[NOUN, VERB]

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NOUN. 名词

pools
1. [C 可数名词] 游泳池
A pool is the same as a swimming pool.
双语例句
例：
a heated indoor pool.
一个室内温水游泳池。
2. [C 可数名词] 水池
A pool is a fairly small area of still water.
双语例句
例：
The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds.
该水池已经干涸，长满了欧洲蕨和芦苇。
3. [C 可数名词] 一滩（液体） , 一片（光）
A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface.
双语例句
例：
She was found lying in a pool of blood.
她被发现躺在一滩血泊中。
例：
It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive.
雨一直静静地下着，砂砾车道上积了一滩滩的水。
4. [C 可数名词] 可用数目（如一拨人，一笔钱，一批物资）
A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use.
双语例句
例：
The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected.
可用的健壮劳力没有军方期望的那么多。

VERB. 动词

pools , pooling , pooled
1. [T 及物动词] 凑集（资金、知识或设备等）
If a group of people or organizations pool their money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose.
双语例句
例：
We pooled ideas and information.
我们集思广益，共享信息。

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