pole
- IPA[pəʊl]
英式
- either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object) which are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation.；either of the two points at which the axis of a circle cuts the surface of a sphere.
noun: pole, plural noun: poles
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. either of the two locations (North Pole or South Pole) on the surface of the earth (or of a celestial object) which are the northern and southern ends of the axis of rotation.
- ▪ either 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 or the point of which a line or curve is a polar.
- ▪ an extremity of the main axis of a cell, organ, or part.
- ▪ each of the two opposite points on the surface of a magnet at which magnetic forces are strongest.
- ▪ each of two terminals (positive and negative) of an electric cell, battery, or machine.
- ▪ one of two opposed or contradictory principles or ideas Miriam and Rebecca represent two poles in the argument about transracial adoption
