pools

英 [puːlz]

美 [puːlz]

n.  水坑，水塘，池塘(尤指自然形成的); 一滩(液体); 一小片(液体或光); 共用的资源(或资金)
v.  集中资源(或材料等)
pool的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 同 swimming pool
  Apoolis the same as aswimming pool.
  1. ...a heated indoor pool...
     室内温水泳池
  2. During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded.
     冬季来游泳的人很多，泳池人满为患。
• See also:The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds....beautiful gardens filled with pools, fountains and rare birds.rock pool
• N-COUNT （液体的）一摊；（光的）一片
  Apool ofliquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface.
  1. She was found lying in a pool of blood...
     她被发现躺在一片血泊中。
  2. 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，沙砾车道上积起了一摊摊水。
  3. The lamps on the side-tables threw warm pools of light on the polished wood.
     边桌上的灯在锃亮的木头上投射下片片温暖的光亮。
• See also:The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected...The new proposal would create a reserve pool of cash.car pool
• VERB 共用，聚拢（资金、知识、设备等）
  If a group of people or organizationspooltheir money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose.
  1. We pooled ideas and information...
     我们集思广益，共享信息。
  2. Philip and I pooled our savings to start up my business.
     我和菲利普把积蓄凑到一起开办了我的公司。
• N-UNCOUNT 落袋台球戏
  Poolis a game played on a large table covered with a cloth. Players use a long stick called a cue to hit a white ball across the table so that it knocks coloured balls with numbers on them into six holes around the edge of the table.
  1. We played pool together and were good mates...
     我们一起打过台球，是好哥们儿。
  2. The Seaman was a bar for pool players and hard drinkers...
     “水手”是供台球玩家和酒徒消遣的酒吧。
  3. He was shooting pool with two other men.
     他在和另外两个男人打落袋台球。
• N-PLURAL （下注猜足球比赛结果的）赌球
  If you dothe pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing correctly the results of football matches.
  1. The odds of winning the pools are about one in 20 million.
     赌球获胜的几率大约是二千万分之一。

双语例句

• There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture
  彩色蜡烛在家具上留下一摊摊蜡油。
• During the summer months, there are public and private beaches and swimming pools available.
  夏季那几个月，有一些公共的和私人的海滩和游泳池开放。
• The odds of winning the pools are about one in 20 million.
  赌球获胜的几率大约是二千万分之一。
• There are plenty of indoor and open air swimming pools in every big city.
  现在每个大城市都有许多室内和露天游泳池。
• His eyes were like bottomless brown pools.
  他的双眼深不见底，犹如两湾棕色的深潭。
• They may also have swimming pools, saunas, exercise rooms, and health clubs.
  它们也可能有游泳池，桑拿浴室，体操房和健身俱乐部。
• In the United States, it's the season of swimming pools, barbeques, camping and road trips.
  在美国，这是一个游泳、户外烤肉、露营和路面旅行的好季节。
• It allows the distribution of resources with more control, including resource pools and resource capping.
  它允许对资源分配进行更多的控制，包括资源池和资源上限。
• 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，沙砾车道上积起了一摊摊水。
• There were pools of blood and gore on the pavement.
  人行道上有一摊摊血和血块。