n (1)柱，篙，桿 (long， thin， rounded piece of wood， metal， etc， used esp as a support for sth or for pushing boats， etc along) [C]： a tent/flag/telegraph/totem～帳篷的支柱/旗桿/電信線桿/圖騰柱;a punt/barge/ski～(撐方頭平底淺船用的)篙/(撐駁船用的)篙/滑雪杖;〖同〗 post，rod，stick;
(2)桿(長(zhǎng)度單位，等于5?碼) (measure of length， equal to 5? yards) [C];
up the pole (infml) 1)處于困境： leave sb up the～使某人處于困境; 2)錯(cuò)誤的，誤解的; 3)發(fā)狂的，失去理智的;
→′pole-vault n 撐桿跳運(yùn)動(dòng);v 撐桿跳;′pole-vaulter n 撐桿跳運(yùn)動(dòng)員;′pole-vaulting n 撐桿跳;
vt用篙撐(船等) (cause a boat， etc to move along by using a pole which is held in the hands) [T+n+prep， T+n+adv]：～a boat up the river 用篙撐船逆流而上