Poolname

• 1

  A village in Carn Brea parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6641).

• 2

  A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, also known as Pool in Wharfedale.

• 3

  An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.

• 4

  A department of the Republic of the Congo.

poolnoun詞源 1/puːl/

• 1

  A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

  • the pools of Solomon
  • the Pool of London
• 2

  Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

• 3

  computingengineeringmathematicsA set of resources that are kept ready to use.

• 4

  Any group of like things.

• 5

  A small amount of liquid on a surface.

  • a pool of blood
• 6

  A localized glow of light.

  • He walked slowly, passing through one pool of light after another, his shadow running tall across the fronts of the barber shop, the Western Auto, the video-rental shop.

poolverb詞源 1/puːl/

• 1

  To form a pool.

poolnoun詞源 2/puːl/

• 1

  A supply of resources.

  • The 4-BEP and 4-CEP stock is maintained in a common pool for both Chatham and South Eastern fast main-line services.
• 2

  A supply of resources.

  • dating pool
  • There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.
• 3

  gamesA game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.

• 4

  hobbieslifestylesportsA cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.

  • He plays pool at the billiard-houses, and may be seen engaged at cards and dominoes of forenoons.
• 5

  In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

• 6

  fencinggovernmenthobbiesA group of fencers taking part in a competition.

• 7

  A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.

• 8

  Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

poolverb詞源 2/puːl/

• 1

  To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.

  • We must pool our resources.
  • “She must be exceedingly clever to have beaten the police the way she has for the last few years; and—er—I worship at the shrine of cleverness—especially if it be a woman’s. The idea struck me last night that if she and I should—er—pool our resources, we should not have to complain of the reward.” “Oh, so youse wants to work wid her, eh?” sniffed Rhoda Gray. “So dat’s it, is it?”
• 2

  To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Pool-in-Wharfedale
• swimming pool