1 [C] a pool (of sth) a small amount of liquid lying on a surface 小池；水洼；水坑: There's a huge pool of water on the kitchen floor. 厨房地板上有一大汪水。 ☞Look at the note at pond. 参看pond的注释。

2 [C] a small area of light 一小片（光）: a pool of light 一小片光

3 [C] =SWIMMING POOL He swam ten lengths of the pool. 他在游泳池里游了五个来回。

4 [C] a quantity of money, goods, etc that is shared between a group of people 共享基金；共享物: There is a pool of cars that anyone in the company can use. 有一批公用汽车，任何公司员工都可以使用。

5 [U] a game that is played on a table with 16 coloured and numbered balls. Two players try to hit these balls into holes in the table (pockets) with long thin sticks (cues). 落袋台球游戏（一种室内游戏，桌上有16个有数字的颜色球。两个人每人要用球杆把球击入桌边洞内的袋中） ☞Look at billiards and snooker. 参看billiards及snooker。 ☞picture at sport 见sport插图

6 the pools [pl] =FOOTBALL POOLS