pole

poteau, perche

Longue pièce mince en bois ou en métal, servant de support ou à d’autres usages pratiques.

En anglais simple : A long, thin piece of wood or metal used to support things or for other practical purposes.

• Hold on to the pole.
• Two poles support the tent.
• They attached a flag to a tall pole.

Synonymes : rod, post

Expressions courantes : tent pole, wooden pole, metal pole, flag pole

pôle

L’un des deux points situés tout au nord ou tout au sud de la Terre.

En anglais simple : Either of the two points at the very north and very south of Earth.

• The North Pole is covered in ice.
• Their expedition reached the South Pole.
• Both poles receive little sunlight in winter.

Expressions courantes : North Pole, South Pole, geographic pole

pôle, extrême

L’une de deux positions, opinions ou situations très différentes ou opposées.

En anglais simple : One of two very different or opposite positions, opinions, or states.

• Their views lie at opposite poles.
• Complete freedom represents one pole of the debate.
• Most people's opinions fall between the two poles.

Comment l'utiliser : at opposite poles (The two writers are at opposite poles politically.)

Synonymes : extreme

Expressions courantes : opposite pole, one pole, each pole

guichet

Réussite du lanceur lorsqu’il obtient l’élimination d’un batteur.

En anglais simple : A success for a bowler when a player who is batting is put out of the game.

• The bowler took another pole.
• She finished the innings with five poles.
• He needs one more pole to win the match.

Synonymes : wicket

Expressions courantes : take a pole, another pole

pousser à la perche

Faire avancer quelque chose, notamment un bateau, en poussant avec une longue perche.

En anglais simple : To move something, especially a boat, by pushing with a long stick.

• He poled the boat slowly.
• We poled our raft along the river.
• She is poling through the shallow water.

Comment l'utiliser : pole something across/along something (They poled the raft across the shallow river.)

Synonymes : punt

Expressions courantes : pole a boat, pole a raft, pole along something

identifier au télescope

Déterminer précisément ce qu’est quelque chose en l’observant au télescope.

En anglais simple : To identify something exactly by looking at it through a telescope.

• He poled the aircraft through his telescope.
• She poled off the number on the distant plane.
• They could not pole its registration in the fog.

Comment l'utiliser : pole off something (The spotter poled off the aircraft's registration.)

Synonymes : identify

Expressions courantes : pole off something, pole an aircraft