| 释义 |
poll1 /pōl/ noun- A register, esp of voters
- (often pl) a voting
- An aggregate of votes
- The taking of a vote
- A taking of public opinion by means of questioning (also opinion poll)
- The head
- The hair of the head
- The head and shoulders of a ling, a type of cod (obsolete)
- The blunt end of the head of a hammer, miner's pick, etc
- A head as a unit in numbering, an individual
- A number of individuals (Shakespeare)
- A polled animal
adjective- Polled
- Cut evenly (see also deed poll under deed1)
transitive verb- To receive or take the votes of
- To receive, take, or cast (a vote)
- To receive (a stated number of votes)
- To question (someone) in a poll
- To subject to polling (computing)
- To cut the hair, horns, top (of a tree), or edge (of a deed) from
- To tax excessively, practise extortion upon (archaic)
intransitive verb- To vote
- To practise extortion (archaic)
ORIGIN: Cf obs Du and LGer polle top of the head polled adjective - Shorn
- Pollarded
- Deprived of horns
- Hornless
pollˈer noun pollˈing noun - The action of the verb
- A technique by which each of several terminals connected to the same central computer is periodically interrogated in turn by the computer to determine whether it has a message to transmit (computing)
pollˈster noun Someone who carries out, or who puts his or her faith in, a public opinion poll pollˈ-axe noun A poleaxe polling booth noun The place, esp the partially enclosed cubicle, where a voter records his or her vote polling station noun The building where voters go to vote pollˈ-money or pollˈ-tax noun A tax of so much a head, ie on each person alike poll tax noun - A tax levied equally on all adult members of a society, regardless of income
- The community charge (informal)
at the head of the poll Having the greatest number of votes at an election |