pole

pole1
noun
  1. a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something
    竿，杆，支杆
    a tent pole.
    帐篷支杆。
    ■(Athletics)a long, slender, flexible rod of wood or fibreglass used by a competitor in pole-vaulting
    (田径)（撑杆跳用的）撑杆
    ■a young tree with a straight slender trunk and no lower branches
    直干幼树
    ■short for ski pole
    ski pole 的简称
    ■a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars
    车辕
    ■a simple fishing rod
    简易鱼竿
  2. (historical, chiefly Brit.). another term for perch (in sense 1)
    (史，主英)。 同 perch（义项1）
    ■(亦作 square pole). another term for perch (in sense 2)
    同 perch（义项2）
verb
  1. [with obj.]propel (a boat) by pushing a pole against the bottom of a river, canal, or lake
    用篙撑（船）
常用词组
under bare poles
  1. (Sailing)with no sail set
    (航海)不张帆地
up the pole
informal
非正式
  1. (Brit.)mad
    (英)疯的
    taxes can be enough to drive you up the pole.
    税收足以把你逼疯。
  2. (chiefly Irish)(主爱尔兰)pregnant
    怀孕的
语源
  1. late Old English pāl (in early use without reference to thickness or length), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch paal and German Pfahl, based on Latin palus 'stake'
pole2
noun
  1. either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object) which are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation
    地极，地极区域；（天体的）极。 参见magnetic pole
    ■(Geometry)either of the two points at which the axis of a circle cuts the surface of a sphere
    (几何)（球体的）轴极
    ■(Geometry)a fixed point to which other points or lines are referred, e.g. the origin of polar coordinates or the point of which a line or curve is a polar
    (几何)（极坐标的）极点
    ■(Biology)an extremity of the main axis of a cell, organ, or part
    (生)（细胞、器官、身体部分的）极
    ■each of the two opposite points on the surface of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest
    磁极
    ■(figurative)one of two opposed or contradictory principles or ideas
    (喻)（指相对立或矛盾的原则或观点）极端
    Miriam and Rebecca represent two poles in the argument about transracial adoption.
    米丽娅姆和丽贝卡在有关跨种族领养的争论上代表了两个极端。
常用词组
be poles apart
  1. have nothing in common
    截然不同，大相径庭
派生
poleward
adjective
polewards
( & )
adjective& adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin polus 'end of an axis', from Greek polos 'pivot, axis, sky'
pole3
noun
  1. short for pole position
    pole position 的简称
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