Does “Swimming fool” make sense?

Learning how to make proper use of verbs to function as adjectives

學習把動詞的現在分詞作形容詞之用

T：Thomas   C：Cynthia

C：The scones were good, right Thomas?

T：Good taste! By the way, what’s the next question?

C：I am always a bit confused about things like “swimming pool” and “swimming fool”?

T：Haha, that’s a funny example. Is that from you?

C：I read it somewhere. I find the two examples seem similar grammatically, but I still feel there is something funny about them.

T：You’re touching on present participles of verbs to function as adjectives.

C：Anyway, Is there some difference between them?

T：“Swimming pool” means the pool is “for swimming”, whereas the phrase “swimming fool” refers to a foolish person who is swimming. This second one is similar to such expressions as “dancing queen”; “winning candidate”; “skating idol”.

C：Hmm…That’s a new usage for me. Thanks so much!

C：Thomas，鬆餅很好吃吧？

T：味道很好。你下一個問題是甚麼？

C：我總是弄不清楚「swimming pool」（游泳池）和「swimming fool」（游泳傻瓜）兩詞？

T：哈哈，這是一個有趣的例子。你怎樣想到？

C：我在某處看到的。我覺得這兩詞在文法上看似相同，不過感覺有點怪怪的。

T：您正在觸及動詞的現在分詞作形容詞。

C：那麼，它們之間有甚麼區別嗎？

T：「Swimming pool」的意思是供 游泳用途的水池，而「swimming fool 」是來形容不擅長游泳的笨蛋。後者的英文表達跟「dancing queen」（跳舞皇后）、「winning candidate」（勝選的候選人）； 和「skating idol」（滑冰偶像）類似。

C：嗯⋯⋯這些英語運用對我來說是新的知識。謝謝你！