Pool
音标：[puːl]
翻译：

池塘，水池；

游泳池；

一组（如资源、资金等）；

共同体，合伙人；

台球，撞球（游戏）。

读音：[puːl]
该单词发音类似于中文“扑”的发音，注意发音中的“oo”是长元音“uː”。

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用法：

池塘，水池：指一个人工或自然的水域，通常较小。
例句：The children are playing in the pool.（孩子们正在池塘里玩。）

游泳池：通常指供游泳的人工水池。
例句：We went to the pool to swim yesterday.（我们昨天去了游泳池游泳。）

一组（资源、资金等）：指共同拥有或共享的一些资源。
例句：The company is pooling resources to launch the new project.（公司正在合并资源来启动新项目。）

合伙人，联合：指一群人或公司共同使用某些资源或进行某项活动。
例句：We decided to pool our money for the charity event.（我们决定把钱汇集在一起为慈善活动提供资助。）

台球，撞球：指一种桌上球类游戏。
例句：He is really good at playing pool.（他非常擅长打台球。）

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短语搭配：

swimming pool：游泳池

pool table：台球桌

pool party：泳池派对

pool of resources：资源池

pool together：合起来（共享资源）

pool of candidates：候选人池

pool of funds：资金池

pool your efforts：共同努力

a pool of talent：人才库

in the pool：在选拔范围内（通常指候选人）

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例句：

The children love playing in the pool during the summer.

We need to pool our money if we want to buy the gift.

The pool of applicants for the job is quite large this year.

He enjoys playing pool with his friends every weekend.

They spent the afternoon at the swimming pool.

We should pool our resources to buy the equipment.

The company has a large pool of talented engineers.

I’m organizing a pool party this Saturday.

The new project will benefit from the pool of experts we have.

He was one of the top candidates in the talent pool.