| 单词 | perch-pole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperch-pole perch-pole n. (a) (now historical) = sense 1d; (b) a climbing pole used by acrobats. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > pole as navigation mark perch1466 perch tree1553 spindle1819 perch-pole1850 1850 C. W. Eliot Let. 31 July in H. James Charles W. Eliot (1930) ii. 40 The post broke the pole [between the horses], got by the circle somehow or other and struck the perch-pole under the body of the carriage. 1895 A. B. Balfour 1200 Miles in Waggon 138 Extra delay was caused by the ‘long-waggon’ (perch pole) of the buck-waggon getting badly cracked. 1905 N.E.D. at Perch sb.2 Perch-pole, a climbing-pole used by acrobats. 1994 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 29/3 The Whiteley circus family, celebrated for their..wire-walking and perch-pole acrobatics. < as lemmas |
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