pole

noun

/pəʊl/

Idioms

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a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially one with the end placed in the ground, used as a support竿；杆子；杖；篙
- a tent pole帐篷支柱
- a ski pole滑雪杖
- a curtain pole窗帘杆
see also barber’s pole, bargepole, flagpole, ski pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, totem pole
- A punt is a boat that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river.平底船是一种通过将一根长杆推向河底来移动的船。
- I stood resting on my ski poles and watched her come down the slope.我站在滑雪杆上休息，看着她从斜坡上下来。
- The tent poles are made of aluminium帐篷杆是铝制的
- a fishing pole钓竿
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
- The meridian is an imaginary line drawn from pole to pole.子午线是从极点到极点的一条假想线。
- The north magnetic pole lies to the west of the geographic North Pole.磁北极位于地北极的西面。
see also magnetic pole (1)Topics Geographyc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- North
- South
- geographic
- …
preposition
- between the (two) poles of
- from pole to pole
phrases
- be poles apart
(physics物理) either of the two ends of a magnet, or the positive or negative points of an electric battery磁极；电极 see also magnetic pole (2)Topics Physics and chemistryc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- North
- South
- geographic
- …
preposition
- between the (two) poles of
- from pole to pole
phrases
- be poles apart
either of two opposite or very different 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。
- an artistic compromise between the poles of abstraction and representation在抽象与具象两种艺术极端之间作出的折衷
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- North
- South
- geographic
- …
preposition
- between the (two) poles of
- from pole to pole
phrases
- be poles apart

词源noun sense 1 and up the pole. 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’. noun senses 2 to 4 and be poles apart. late Middle English: from Latin polus ‘end of an axis’, from Greek polos ‘pivot, axis, sky’.

Idioms

be poles apart

to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share天南地北；南辕北辙；截然相反
- Her own friends were poles apart from his.她自己的朋友与他截然不同。
- In temperament, she and her sister are poles apart.她和姐姐的性情截然相反。

the greasy pole

(informal) used to refer to the difficult way to the top of a profession涂油杆（到达专业之巅的艰难道路）；险峻的职业阶梯

not touch somebody/something with a ten-foot pole (North American English)

(British English not touch somebody/something with a bargepole)

(informal) to refuse to get involved with somebody/something or in a particular situation决不与…有任何牵扯；拒不牵扯到…中去
- Personally, I wouldn’t touch him or his business with a ten-foot pole.就我个人而言，我不会用一根十英尺长的杆子去碰他或他的生意。

up the pole

(British English, old-fashioned, informal) crazy发狂的；疯狂的

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