单词 | telephone pole |
释义 | > as lemmastelephone pole telephone pole n. chiefly North American a tall (usually wooden) pole or mast used to carry telephone wires above the ground; cf. telegraph pole n. at telegraph n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > pole telegraph post1799 telegraph pole1808 telephone pole1879 1879 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 26 Sept. The telephone poles are being painted. 1960 J. Updike Rabbit, Run 3 Boys are playing basketball around a telephone pole with a backboard bolted to it. 2011 M. Coakley Tip & Trade xxi. 308 A railway track, a line of electricity towers, and a line of telephone poles ran along the west side of the valley. < as lemmas |
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