B2 [ C ] a small area of usually still water水塘，水池，潭

B2 [ C ] a small amount of liquid on a surface（液体的）一滩，一片

A2 [ C ] a swimming pool 游泳池（同 swimming pool）

[ C ] a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such as money, collected together for shared use by several people or organizations共享人员；共享资金；共享资源

[ C ] in some card games, an amount of money that is collected from all the players and received by the player who wins the game彩池（在一些纸牌游戏中，所有玩家都要先支付一定金额的钱，最后胜出者将能赢得整笔款项，此款项称为彩池）

[ C ] US the money risked by a number of people on the result of a game or event（一众参与者的）全部赌注

B1 [ U ] a game in which two people use cues (= long, thin poles) to hit 16 coloured balls into six holes around the edge of a large table covered in soft cloth落袋台球

to collect something such as money in order for it to be used by several different people or groups（为不同人士或团体）集合（资金／资源）