(also carpool,car-pool)Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense car pools, present participle car pooling, past tense, past participle car pooled
1N-COUNT [oft NOUN n]合伙用车;拼车;(美国英语中)拼车的人 A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car. 合伙用车;拼车;(美国英语中)拼车的人
His wife stays home to drive the children to school in the car pool.
他妻子在家,开车送几个搭车的孩子们上学。
...the carpool lanes in LA.
洛杉矶的多乘客汽车专用车道
2VERB 合伙用车;拼车 If a group of people car pool, they take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. 合伙用车;拼车 [mainly US, or Australian]
The government says fewer Americans are carpooling to work. [VERB]
政府称拼车上班的人渐渐少了。
carpooling
The State Government should encourage car pooling to cut the number of one-passenger cars on the roads.
州政府应该鼓励拼车出行,以减少公路上车内人数只有一人的汽车的数量。
...an organized car-pooling system.
有组织的合伙用车制度
3N-COUNT (公司或组织的)公用车队 A car pool is a number of cars that are owned by a company or organization for the use of its employees or members. (公司或组织的)公用车队 [business]