pool
noun/puːl/
Слово англійською: pool
Переклад pool українською: басе́йн (для пла́вання), ставо́к, закри́тий басе́йн, відкри́тий басе́йн, жа́бник
Детальний опис
- (also swimming pool)[countable] an area of water that has been created for people to swim in
- an indoor/outdoor pool
- Does the hotel have a pool?
- relaxing by the pool
- (also swimming pool)the building that contains a public pool
- [countable] a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally
- freshwater/thermal pools
- [countable] a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface
- pool of something The body was lying in a pool of blood.
- a pool of light
- The water ran down out of their clothes and formed a pool on floor.
- [countable] pool (of something) a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed
- a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force
- a pool car
- [countable] pool (of something) a group of people available for work when needed
- a pool of cheap labour
- I started my career in the typing pool (= a group of people who shared a company’s typing work) over 40 years ago.
- [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.
- a pool table
- to shoot (= play) pool
- Do you play pool?
- 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
- He does the pools every week.
- a pools winner
for swimming
of water
of liquid/light
group of things/people
game
football
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’.