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♦ pole (1) /pəʊl/n.1 palo ( anche di ferro); paletto: telephone poles, pali del telefono; a tent pole, un paletto da tenda5 ( sport: autom., ipp., ecc.) palo ( di partenza); ( anche, autom.) pole position: to be on pole, essere in pole position● pole dance, pole dance ( danza erotica o artistica intorno a un palo) □ ( sport: autom., anche fig.) pole position, pole position □ ( sci) pole shaft, asta della racchetta □ ( sci) pole tip, puntale ( della racchetta) □ pole trimmer, svettatoio a pertica □ ( sport) a pole-vault, un salto con l'asta □ ( sport) pole-vaulter, astista □ ( sport) pole-vaulting (o the pole vault o pole-jumping), salto con l'asta □ under bare poles, (naut.) con le vele ammainate; (fig.) nudo, spoglio □ ( slang) to be up the pole, essere sulla pista sbagliata, sbagliarsi; ( anche) essere pazzerello, tocco; essere incasinato (o nei guai); ( USA) essere sbronzo.♦ pole (2) /pəʊl/n.(geogr., astron., elettr., mecc.) polo ( anche fig.): the North Pole, il polo nord; magnetic pole, polo magnetico; polo della calamita; positive [negative] pole, polo positivo [negativo]● pole star, (astron.) stella polare; (fig.) polo, punto d'attrazione, calamita □ (fig.) to be poles apart, essere agli antipodi; essere ai poli opposti: He and his brother are poles apart, egli è l'opposto di suo fratello.(to) pole /pəʊl/A v. t.B v. i. -
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['vɔːltɪŋ] Inome U arch. (costruzione a) volta f.II 1.nome volteggio m.2.* * *vaulting (1) /ˈvɔ:ltɪŋ/n. (archit.)2 [u] costruzione di volte.vaulting (2) /ˈvɔ:ltɪŋ/A n. [u]2 (equit.) esecuzione di corvetteB a. attr.(lett.) che non conosce ostacoli; sfrenato: vaulting ambition, ambizione sfrenata● ( ginnastica) vaulting horse, cavallo da volteggio; cavallina □ ( atletica) vaulting pole, asta ( per i salti).* * *['vɔːltɪŋ] Inome U arch. (costruzione a) volta f.II 1.nome volteggio m.2. -
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I [pəʊl] n(gen) palo, (flagpole, for vaulting) asta, (of tent, fence) paletto, (for punting) pertica, (curtain pole) bastone mup the pole fig — (fam: mad) fuori di testa
II [pəʊl] nto send or drive sb up the pole — (infuriate) far uscire dai gangheri qn
Elec Geog Astron polopoles apart fig — agli antipodi
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pole-vaulting — ˈpole vaulting ; noun uncountable Main entry: ↑pole vaultderived … Useful english dictionary
pole vaulting — noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole • Syn: ↑pole vault, ↑pole jump, ↑pole jumping • Hypernyms: ↑field event • Part Meronyms: ↑run up * * * … Useful english dictionary
pole-vaulting — noun The sport of performing pole vaults, especially in a competition … Wiktionary
Pole vault — Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as… … Wikipedia
Pole — may refer to:Cylindrical object*A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g: **Barber s pole, advertising a barber shop **Danish pole, a circus prop **Firemen s pole, a wooden pole or a metal tube or pipe installed… … Wikipedia
pole vault — n the pole vault the sport of jumping over a high bar using a long pole >pole vaulter n >pole vaulting n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
pole vault — noun a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a … Wiktionary
pole vault — noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole • Syn: ↑pole vaulting, ↑pole jump, ↑pole jumping • Hypernyms: ↑field event • Part Meronyms: ↑run up * * * … Useful english dictionary
vaulting — vault·ing || vÉ”Ëltɪŋ n. leaping motion; arched structure vÉ”Ëlt n. arch, dome; room with an arch or a dome; secure room for storing money or valuables; underground burial chamber; pole vaulting v. leap up or over (especially with the help… … English contemporary dictionary
pole vault — Track. 1. a field event in which a leap or vault over a crossbar is performed with the aid of a long pole. 2. a leap or vault so performed. [1890 95] * * * Track and field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a… … Universalium
pole jump — noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole • Syn: ↑pole vault, ↑pole vaulting, ↑pole jumping • Hypernyms: ↑field event • Part Meronyms: ↑run up * * * … Useful english dictionary
