| 释义 |
pool2/pu:l/ n. & v.●n. 1a (often 常作 attrib.) a common supply of persons, vehicles, commodities, etc. for sharing by a group of people 共用人员；共用物(如车辆、商品等) a typing pool 联合打字组; a pool car 公用汽车 b a group of persons sharing duties etc. (共担责任等的)一群人 2a the collective amount of players' stakes in gambling etc. (赌博等的)赌注总额 b a receptacle for this (装赌注的)容器 3a a joint commercial venture, esp. an arrangement between competing parties to fix prices and share business to eliminate competition 商业联营(尤指竞争对手之间为避免竞争而约定价格，共同经营的安排) b the common funding for this 联营所需的共同资金 4a N. Amer. a game on a billiard table with usu. 16 balls [北美] (16 球的)落袋台球戏 b Brit. a game on a billiard table in which each player has a ball of a different colour with which he or she tries to pocket the others in fixed order, the winner taking all of the stakes [英]赌注式台球(胜者获一局的全部赌注) 5 a group of contestants who compete against each other in a tournament for the right to advance to the next round (为进入下一轮的)一群竞争者 ●v. tr. 1 put (resources etc.) into a common fund 把(资源等)投入共同基金 2 share (things) in common 共用(东西) 3 (of transport organizations etc.) share (traffic, receipts) (运输机构等)联合(经营)，联合(运输)，共享(收益) 4 Austral. slang [澳] [俚语]a involve (a person) in a scheme etc., often by deception 使(某人)陷入(阴谋等) b implicate, inform on 牵涉；告发 □ the pools Brit. [英] = FOOTBALL POOL[originally = a game of cards in which there is a pool (sense 2 a): French poule ‘stake, kitty’: associated with POOL1] |