pole

pole&+{1}
[pəʊl]
n
a long slender usually round piece of wood, metal, or other material
the piece of timber on each side of which a pair of carriage horses are hitched
another name for rod
the inside lane of a racecourse.(as modifier).one of a number of markers placed at intervals of one sixteenth of a mile along the side of a racecourse
any light spar.the part of a mast between the head and the attachment of the uppermost shrouds
vb
to strike or push with a pole
to set out (an area of land or garden) with poles.to support (a crop, such as hops or beans) on poles
to deoxidize (a molten metal, esp copper) by stirring it with green wood
to punt (a boat)
pole

pole&+{2}
[pəʊl]
n
either of the two antipodal points where the earth's axis of rotation meets the earth's surfaceSee North Pole See South Pole
short for celestial pole
either of the two regions at the extremities of a magnet to which the lines of force converge or from which they diverge.either of two points or regions in a piece of material, system, etc, at which there are opposite electric charges, as at the two terminals of a battery
an isolated singularity of an analytical function
either end of the axis of a cell, spore, ovum, or similar body.either end of the spindle formed during the metaphase of mitosis and meiosis
the point on a neuron from which the axon or dendrites project from the cell body
either of two mutually exclusive or opposite actions, opinions, etc
the origin in a system of polar or spherical coordinates
any fixed point of reference
- 习惯用语
- under bare poles (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
- up the pole slightly mad.mistaken; on the wrong track
- 习惯用语
- poles apart having widely divergent opinions, tastes, etc
- poles asunder 同
- from pole to pole throughout the entire world