(pl. -ies)
1
- a fund of money for communal use, made up of contributions from a group of people（集体出资及花用的）共同基金。
1.1
- a pool of money in some gambling card games（某些赌博性纸牌戏中全部参赌者下的）总赌注。
2
- (in bowls) the jack（保龄球）木瓶。
词源
early 19th cent. (denoting a jail)： of unknown origin.