n (1)(赌博者所下的)全部赌注 (total of money staked by all the players in a gambling game) [C]： football～s 为足球比赛所下的总赌注;hope to win a fortune from the～s 希望靠赌博赚一笔财产;do the～s every week 每周都参加足球赛赌博;

(2)集中以供共同使用的钱、物或工人等(common supply of money， goods or workers， etc which may be used by a group of people when needed) [C]： a car～(a～of cars) (公用)车队;a typing～打字室;a～of doctors (available for emergency work)/agriculture workers/money (应付紧急抢救工作的)一组通诊医生/共同使用的农业工人/放在一起共同使用的钱;a～car 共用汽车;〖同〗group，association，collective;

(3)(为稳定价格和避免竞争而)合伙经营 (combination of business firms， esp in order to fix prices of goods and avoid competition) [C];

(4)(类似于斯诺克的一种)台球 (any of various American billiard games played usu with 15 numbered balls on a table that has pockets， similar to snooker) [U](尤 AmE)： They were playing～. 他们正在打台球。be ready to shoot～准备好打台球;

→′poolroom n 台球房;

vt 将钱或物等放在一起供共同使用 (put money， goods， etc together for common use) [T+n]：～the money/the savings together and buy a house in the country 把钱/积蓄凑在一起在乡下买一所房子;～the food/the resources 把食品/资源放到一起分享;If we～our ideas， we may be able to produce a really good plan/find a solution. 如果集思广益，我们可能能制定出很好的计划/找到解决的办法。〖同〗combine，share