- (also swimming pool)[countable]
an area of water that has been created for people to swim in 水坑，水塘，池塘（尤指自然形成的） Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa1He swam three lengths of the pool. 他在遊泳池裏遊了一個半來回。 I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards. 我的跳板跳水結束後就離開了跳水池。 A girl invited me over to her pool party. 一個姑娘邀請我參加她的泳池派對。 I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down. 我在遊泳池邊濕濕的地上滑倒了。 Jack works there as a pool boy. 傑克在那兒做泳池服務員。 a 25 m lap pool 25 米長的小型健身遊泳池 a unique new wave pool 一個獨特的新波浪池
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathing
- paddling
- swimming
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- swim in
- dive into
- jump into
- …
- deck
- attendant
- boy
- …
- the bottom, edge, middle, side, etc. of the pool
- a length of the pool
- (also swimming pool)
the building that contains a public pool 泳池： 包含公共泳池的建築物 - [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/熱水池
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya2Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds. 犀牛喜歡在泥濘的水塘裏和沙質的河床上打滾。 The waterfall cascades into the pool below. 瀑布傾瀉而下，注入下面的水塘。 There was a pool of water at the bottom of the garden. 花園的盡頭積了一灘水。 The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools. 公園裏滿是溫泉和冒泡的泥漿潭。 a shallow pool full of red carp 滿是紅鯉魚的淺水池
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- in a/the pool
- pool of
- [countable]
a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface 一攤（液體）；一小片（液體或光） - pool of something
The body was lying in a pool of blood. 屍體倒卧在血泊之中。 a pool of light 一小片亮光 The water ran down out of their clothes and formed a pool on floor. 水從他們的衣服裏流出來，在地板上形成了一個水池。
Extra ExamplesThe wick floated in a pool of oil. 燈芯漂浮在一池油上。 pools of water 水坑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- little
- small
- …
- lie in
- in a/the pool
- pool of
- pool of something
- [countable] pool (of something)
a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed 共用的資源（或資金） a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force 公司銷售人員共用的車輛 a pool car 一輛共用的汽車
Extra ExamplesThey draw on funds from a common pool. 他們動用共用基金。 They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants. 他們將與其他被告分享一筆有限的資金。 a shrinking pool of assets 萎縮的共同資産 The purpose of an insurance company is to provide a pool of funds from which to meet claims made by its customers. 保險公司的目的是提供一筆共用的資金以滿足客戶的索賠需要。 a growing pool of data 日益龐大的數據庫 a vast pool of knowledge on best practices 關於最佳做法的大量知識
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- create
- form
- …
- pool of
- [countable] pool (of something)
a group of people available for work when needed （統稱）備用人員 a pool of cheap labour 廉價後備勞力 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，我開始了打字生涯。
Extra ExamplesA member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president. 媒體集團的一位成員大聲向總統提了一個問題。 There's a great talent pool in the business community. 商界裏面有巨大的人才庫。 We need to increase our applicant pool. 我們需要增加我們的求職人員儲備。 a method of expanding the pool of potential investors 一種擴大潛在投資人群的方法 a strong pool of talent in the company 公司強大的人才儲備 the available pool of really good people 現成可用的優秀人才儲備
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- create
- form
- …
- pool of
- [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. 普爾；落袋台球；彈子球 
a pool table 普爾球台 to shoot (= play) pool 打普爾 Do you play pool? 你打台球嗎？
- 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： 英國的一種賭博形式，人們試圖通過說足球比賽的結果來赢錢
for swimming遊泳
of water水
of liquid/light液體；光
group of things/people衆人；事物
game遊戲
football足球
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’.