pole
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A pole is a long thin piece of wood or metal, used especially for supporting things. 柱; 桿
The truck crashed into a telegraph pole. 卡車撞上了電線桿。
2. N-COUNT The Earth's poles are the two opposite ends of its axis, its most northern and southern points. 地極
For six months of the year, there is hardly any light at the poles. 一年中的6個月里，地球的兩極幾乎沒有任何光線。
3. N-COUNT The two poles of a magnet are the two ends of the magnet where the magnetic force is strongest. 磁極
The important fact is that the two poles of the magnet work in opposite ways. 重要的事實是，磁體兩極的運行方式完全相反。
4. N-COUNT 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. (品質、觀點或信仰) 截然相反的兩極
The two politicians represent opposite poles of the political spectrum. 這兩位政治家代表了各種政治傾向中的兩個極端。
5. PHRASE If you say that two people or things are poles apart, you mean that they have completely different beliefs, opinions, or qualities. (信仰、觀點或品質) 截然相反的[強調]
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pole /p??l/ (poles)
劍橋詞典
- This totem pole is carved from a single tree trunk .
- These poles will be easier to carry if we lash them together with a rope .
- I gave the poles a slight wobble and the whole tent collapsed .
- The vine twines round the pole.
- The children of the village dance around a pole decorated with coloured ribbons .
pole noun [C] (STICK)
a long , thin stick of wood or metal , often used standing straight up in the ground to support things桿，柱
a telegraph /electricity pole 電線桿
A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole. 一面旗幟在40英尺高的旗桿上飄揚。
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pole noun [C] (PLACE)
either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the earth , around which the earth turns
（地球的）極（點）
the North /South Pole 北／南極
Most weather satellites are stationed over the Equator or travel over the poles. 大部分氣象衛(wèi)星定位于赤道上空或繞地球兩極飛行。
pole noun [C] (OPPOSITE)
either of two completely opposite or different opinions , positions , or qualities
（意見、立場或特點）截然相反的一端，極端
These two men might be thought to represent the opposite poles of economic ideology . 這兩個人可能被認為是兩種截然相反的經濟思想體系的代表者。