| 释义 |
pylonpy‧lon /ˈpaɪlən $ -lɑːn, -lən/ noun [countable]   pylonOrigin: 1800-1900 Greek ‘gateway’, from pyle ‘gate’ - A crew chief and gunner in the pockets behind them manned the two machine guns on the new pylon mounts.
- Each stood at the ready, one eye on the pylon, the other on my raised arm.
- For selection, a pylon is a minor provocation.
- Near the bottom, the trail swooped around the pylons of a chair lift.
- The skyline is dominated not by spires, but pylons.
- There is nothing uglier than a redundant ski-tow out of season, with its pylons marching up a scarred, broken hillside.
- They position their pylons anywhere they choose and act as though they were still the strategic industry that they were once defined as.
- What on earth can Mr Hague do to stop the pylons?
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