A 'pole' is a long, thin object (like wood or metal) used for support. It can also refer to the Earth's northernmost or southernmost points, or to extreme, opposite ends of a spectrum of qualities or opinions.
A pole is a long thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things. The earth's poles are the two opposite ends of its axis, its most northern and southern points. The two poles of a range of qualities, opinions, or beliefs are the completely opposite qualities, opinions, or beliefs at either end of the range.
[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤用于支撑的)杆 A pole is a long thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things.
The truck crashed into a telegraph pole...
卡车撞到了电线杆上。
He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter.
他用带钩的杆子把金属护窗拉了下来。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
North Pole
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South Pole
;(地)极 The earth's poles are the two opposite ends of its axis, its most northern and southern points.
For six months of the year, there is hardly any light at the poles.
在南北极,每年有6个月时间几乎没有光照。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](特质、意见或信仰)截然相反的两极之一;极端 The two poles of a range of qualities, opinions, or beliefs are the completely opposite qualities, opinions, or beliefs at either end of the range.
The two politicians represent opposite poles of the political spectrum.
这两位从政者代表了政界的两个极端。
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[PHRASE 短语](信仰、意见或性质)截然相反,南辕北辙 If you say that two people or things are poles apart, you mean that they have completely different beliefs, opinions, or qualities.
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pole★/pəʊl; NAmEpoʊl/
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verb
polepolespoledpolingnoun★1★a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially one with the end placed in the ground, used as a support 柱子;杆子;棍;杖◆a tent pole帐篷支柱◆a ski pole滑雪杖◆a curtain pole窗帘杆☞see also
bargepole
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flagpole
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telegraph pole
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totem pole
2★either of the two points at the opposite ends of the line on which the earth or any other planet turns (行星的)极;地极◆the North/South Pole北极;南极3( physics 物) either of the two ends of a magnet,or the positive or negative points of an electric battery 磁极;电极4either of two opposite or contrasting extremes (对立或相反的)任何一方;极端◆Their opinions were at opposite poles of the debate.他们的意见在辩论中截然相反。IDIOMSbe ˈpoles apartto be widely separated; to have no interests that you share 天南地北;南辕北辙;截然相反up the ˈpole( old-fashioned) ( BrEinformal) crazy 发狂的;疯狂的☞more at
greasy
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touch
v.verb[transitive , intransitive ]pole(sth) + adv.prep. to move a boat by pushing on the bottom of a river, etc. with a pole 用篙撑船;摆船pole/pəʊl; NAmEpoʊl/
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pole1 noun
pole2 verb
polepole1 /pəʊl $ poʊl/ ●●●W3 noun [countable]
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1stick/post a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something: a telephone pole2the most northern or most southern point on a planet, especially the Earth: the distance from pole to equatorthe North/South Pole Amundsen’s expedition was the first to reach the South Pole.3be poles apart two people or things that are poles apart are as different from each other as it is possible to be: Both are brilliant pianists, though they’re poles apart in style.4opposite ideas/beliefs one of two situations, ideas, or opinions that are the complete opposite of each otherat one pole/at opposite poles We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue.5electricala)one of two points at the ends of a magnet where its power is the strongestb)one of the two points at which wires can be attached to a battery in order to use its electricity
pole1 noun
pole2 verb
polepole2 verb [intransitive, transitive] British English
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to push a boat along in the water using a pole
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pole
[pəʊl]poled, poling, poles
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poles[4015]
杆(70%),柱(15%),极点(11%),波兰人(4%)
n.杆;极点;电极
n.(Pole)人名;(英)波尔;(俄)波列;(塞)波莱
vt.用竿支撑
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