pole 1 W3 / pəʊl $ poʊl / 名词 [可数名词]

1 stick/post a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something :

a telephone pole

2 the most northern or most southern point on a planet , especially the Earth :

the distance from pole to equator

the North/South Pole

Amundsen’s expedition was the first to reach the South Pole.

3 be poles apart two people or things that are poles apart are as different from each other as it is possible to be :

Both are brilliant pianists, though they’re poles apart in style.

4 opposite ideas/beliefs one of two situations, ideas, or opinions that are the complete opposite of each other

at one pole/at opposite poles

We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other.

Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (= think in two completely different ways ) on this issue.

5 electrical

a) one of two points at the ends of a magnet where its power is the strongest

b) one of the two points at which wires can be attached to a battery in order to use its electricity