| 单词 | pool |
| 释义 | pool (once / 215 pages) 1n 2nv 3n WORD FAMILY pool: pooled, pooler, pooling, pools+/pooler: poolers USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, our modern, sedentary lifestyles mean that our secondary hearts tend to weaken, which permits excessive fluid pooling into the lower body. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The tank buckled, the company said, and supercooled liquid oxygen pooled in the lining. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The job is very hard, and the pool is terribly shallow. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid the body lay in a pool of blood Syn|Hypo|Hyper puddle billabong a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently mud puddlea puddle of mud wallowa puddle where animals go to wallow body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) 2n an excavation that is (usually) filled with water Hypo|Hyper cistern an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater natatorium, swimming bath, swimming poolpool that provides a facility for swimming wading poola shallow pool for children water jumpa pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest cesspit, cesspool, sink, sumpa covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it rain barrela barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater excavation a hole in the ground made by excavating 3n a small lake Syn|Hypo|Hyper pond fishpond a freshwater pond with fish horseponda pond for watering horses merea small pond of standing water millponda pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel swimming holea small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming water holea natural hole or hollow containing water lake a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land 4n something resembling a pool of liquid 2he stood in a pool of light Syn|Hyper puddle place, spot, topographic point a point located with respect to surface features of some region 1n an organization of people or resources that can be shared a car pool a secretarial pool when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool Hypo|Hyper typing pool a group of typists who can work for different persons organisation, organization a group of people who work together 2n an association of companies for some definite purpose Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper consortium, syndicate Medellin cartel a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed Cali cartela drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.) cartel, combine, corporate trust, trust a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service drug cartelan illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs oil cartela cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil association a formal organization of people or groups of people 3n any communal combination of funds everyone contributed to the pool Hyper reserve account, reserve fund funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments 4n the combined stakes of the betters Syn|Hyper kitty bet, stake, stakes, wager the money risked on a gamble 5v join or form a pool of people Hyper aggroup, group form a group or group together 6v combine into a common fund 3We pooled resources Hyper share use jointly or in common n any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets Syn|Hypo|Hyper pocket billiards snooker a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball table game a game that is played on a table |
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