释义 |
pole1/pəʊl/ n. & v.●n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in the ground as a support etc. (木质、金属的)杆;支杆 2 a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a vehicle and attached to the yokes or collars of the draught animals 车辕 3 Athletics a long slender flexible rod of wood, fibreglass, etc. used by a competitor in pole-vaulting 【竞技】(木质的或玻璃纤维制成的撑竿跳高用的)撑竿 4 esp. US a simple fishing rod [尤美]简易的钓鱼杆 5 hist. [史义] = PERCH1 3 ●v. tr. 1 provide with a pole or poles 用杆支(撑) 2 (usu. foll. by 常后跟 off) push off (a punt etc.) with a pole 用篙撑(船等) □ under bare poles Naut. with no sail set 【海】不张帆的(地) □ up the pole Brit. slang [英] [俚语] 1 crazy, eccentric 头脑有点失常,怪癖的 2 in difficulty 处境困难,进退两难 [Old English pɑˉl, ultimately from Latin palus ‘stake’] |