pool
noun/puːl/
/puːl/
- (also swimming pool)[countable] an area of water that has been created for people to swim in
游泳池 - an indoor/outdoor pool
室内／室外游泳池 - Does the hotel have a pool?
这家旅馆有没有游泳池？ - relaxing by the pool
在游泳池边休息
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa1- He swam three lengths of the pool.
他在游泳池里游了一个半来回。 - I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards.
我的跳板跳水结束后就离开了跳水池。 - A girl invited me over to her pool party.
一个姑娘邀请我参加她的泳池派对。 - I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down.
我在游泳池边湿湿的地上滑倒了。 - Jack works there as a pool boy.
杰克在那儿做泳池服务员。 - a 25 m lap pool
25 米长的小型健身游泳池 - a unique new wave pool
一个独特的新波浪池
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathing
- paddling
- swimming
- …
- swim in
- dive into
- jump into
- …
- deck
- attendant
- boy
- …
- the bottom, edge, middle, side, etc. of the pool
- a length of the pool
- an indoor/outdoor pool
- (also swimming pool)the building that contains a public pool
泳池：包含公共泳池的建筑物 - [countable] a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally
水坑，水塘，池塘（尤指自然形成的） - freshwater/thermal pools
淡水／温水池塘
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya2- Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds.
犀牛喜欢在泥泞的水塘里和沙质的河床上打滚。 - The waterfall cascades into the pool below.
瀑布倾泻而下，注入下面的水塘。 - There was a pool of water at the bottom of the garden.
花园的尽头积了一滩水。 - The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools.
公园里满是温泉和冒泡的泥浆潭。 - a shallow pool full of red carp
满是红鲤鱼的浅池
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- in a/the pool
- pool of
- freshwater/thermal pools
- [countable] a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface
一摊（液体）；一小片（液体或光） - pool of something The body was lying in a pool of blood.
尸体倒卧在血泊之中。 - a pool of light
一小片亮光 - The water ran down out of their clothes and formed a pool on floor.
水从他们的衣服上流下来，在地板上形成一个水坑。
Extra Examples- The wick floated in a pool of oil.
灯芯漂浮在一池油上。 - pools of water
水坑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- little
- small
- …
- lie in
- in a/the pool
- pool of
- pool of something The body was lying in a pool of blood.
- [countable] pool (of something) a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed
共用的资源（或资金） - a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force
公司销售人员共用的车辆 - a pool car
一辆共用的汽车
Extra Examples- They draw on funds from a common pool.
他们动用共用基金。 - They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants.
他们将与其他被告分享一笔有限的资金。 - a shrinking pool of assets
萎缩的共同资产 - The purpose of an insurance company is to provide a pool of funds from which to meet claims made by its customers.
保险公司的目的是提供一笔共用的资金以满足客户的索赔需要。 - a growing pool of data
日益庞大的数据库 - a vast pool of knowledge on best practices
关于最佳做法的大量知识
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- create
- form
- …
- pool of
- a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force
- [countable] pool (of something) a group of people available for work when needed
（统称）备用人员 - a pool of cheap labour
廉价后备劳动力 - I started my career in the typing pool (= a group of people who shared a company’s typing work) over 40 years ago.
40 多年前，我在打字团队（= 一群分享公司打字工作的人）开始了我的职业生涯。
Extra Examples- A member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president.
媒体集团的一位成员大声向总统提了一个问题。 - There's a great talent pool in the business community.
商界里面有巨大的人才库。 - We need to increase our applicant pool.
我们需要增加我们的求职人员储备。 - a method of expanding the pool of potential investors
一种扩大潜在投资人群的方法 - a strong pool of talent in the company
公司强大的人才储备 - the available pool of really good people
现成可用的优秀人才储备
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- create
- form
- …
- pool of
- a pool of cheap labour
- [uncountable] a game for two people played with 16 balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.
enlarge image普尔；落袋台球 - a pool table
普尔球台 - to shoot (= play) pool
打普尔 - Do you play pool?
你打台球吗？
- a pool table
- the pools(also football pools)[plural] a form of gambling in the UK in which people try to win money by saying what the results of football matches will be
池：英国的一种赌博形式，人们试图通过说足球比赛的结果来赢钱 - He does the pools every week.
他每周都去赌足球普尔。 - a pools winner
赌普尔获胜者
- He does the pools every week.
for swimming
of water
of liquid/light
group of things/people
game
football
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl. noun senses 4 to 7 late 17th cent. (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool ‘small area of liquid’.