pole

棒、柱

支えなどに使う、木や金属でできた細長い物。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： rod, post

よく使う表現： tent pole, wooden pole, metal pole, flag pole

極、極点

地球の最も北または最も南にある地点。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： North Pole, South Pole, geographic pole

極端、対極

大きく異なる、または正反対の二つの立場や状態の一方。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： at opposite poles (The two writers are at opposite poles politically.)

類義語： extreme

よく使う表現： opposite pole, one pole, each pole

ウィケット

クリケットで、投手が打者をアウトにする成果。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： wicket

よく使う表現： take a pole, another pole

竿で進める

長い竿で押して、特に船を動かす。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： pole something across/along something (They poled the raft across the shallow river.)

類義語： punt

よく使う表現： pole a boat, pole a raft, pole along something

望遠鏡で識別する

望遠鏡で見て、それが何かを正確に特定する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： pole off something (The spotter poled off the aircraft's registration.)

類義語： identify

よく使う表現： pole off something, pole an aircraft