pole
noun [ C ] uk/pəʊl/ us/poʊl/
(STICK)
C2 杆，柱
a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things
a telegraph/electricity pole 电线杆
A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole. 一面旗帜在40英尺高的旗杆上飘扬。
- More examples
- 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.
(PLACE)
（地球的）极（点）
either of the two points at the most northern and most southern ends of the earth, around which the earth turns
the North/South Pole 北／南极
Most weather satellites are stationed over the Equator or travel over the poles. 大部分气象卫星定位于赤道上空或绕地球两极飞行。
(OPPOSITE)
（意见、立场或特点）截然相反的一端，极端
either of two completely opposite or different opinions, positions, or qualities
These two men might be thought to represent the opposite poles of economic ideology. 这两个人可能被认为是两种截然相反的经济思想体系的代表者。
Idiom
poles apartidiom C2 截然相反，大相径庭
completely opposite
My sister and I are poles apart in personality. 我和妹妹在性格上截然相反。