1 a long, thin piece of wood or metal, used especially to hold sth up 杆,柱,棒(尤用于撑住物品):
a flagpole旗杆a tent pole帐篷支柱☞picture at ski 见ski插图
2 either of the two points at the exact top and bottom of the earth 地极:
the North/South Pole北╱南极☞picture at earth 见earth插图
3 either of the two ends of a MAGNET, or the positive or negative points of an electric battery 磁极;电极
☞picture at magnet 见magnet插图
pole/pol; pəʊl/n [C]1 a long piece of wood or metal 杆﹐柱﹐竿: tent poles 帐篷柱2 North/South Pole the most northern and southern point on Earth 北极/南极: an expedition to the North Pole 北极探险3 be poles apart to be completely different 截然不同: Their political views are poles apart. 他们的政治观点截然不同。TELEGRAPH POLE
polepolepolespoledpolingnoun1a long thin piece of wood or metal. Poles are often used to hold something up: a flag poletent poles2one of two places at the top and bottom of the earth: the North Polethe South Pole