n.[C]

1. 柱；竿
   We used a branch as a fishing pole.

   我們用樹枝做釣竿。

   The hut was made of poles covered with grass mats.

   這小屋是用其上面蓋草蓆的柱子搭成的。

2. 桿（長度單位，合5.5碼）
3. 平方桿（面積單位，合30.25平方碼）

vt.

1. 用竿支撐
2. 用竿跳
3. 用篙撐（船等）
   He poled the raft down the river.

   他用篙撐筏沿江而下。

n.[C]

1. （地球的）極；地極區域，極地
   A big white bear lives near the North Pole.

   一種大白熊棲居於北極附近。

2. 【物】電極；磁極
   The opposite poles of magnets attract each other.

   磁體的相反兩極相互吸引。

3. 【天】天極
4. 【數】（球體的）軸極
5. （意見等）極端
   Their political beliefs are at opposite poles.

   他們的政治信念截然相反。

n.

1. a long, slender piece of wood or metal, typically used as a support.
   ▸a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars.
   ▸a simple fishing rod.
2. a young tree with a straight slender trunk and no lower branches.
3. historical, chiefly Brit. another term for perch³ (in sense ¹).
   ▸ (also square pole) another term for perch³ (in sense ²).

v.

n.

1. either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole) on the earth which are the ends of the axis of rotation.
2. each of two opposed or contradictory principles or ideas.
3. Geometry  each of the two points at which the axis of a circle cuts the surface of a sphere.
   ▸a fixed point to which other points or lines are referred, e.g. the origin of polar coordinates.
4. each of the two opposite points of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest.
   ▸each of two terminals (positive and negative) of an electric cell, battery, or machine.
5. Biology  an extremity of the main axis of a cell, organ, or part.

[名]

1. 撐竿。