English-Thai Dictionary
Pollution Control Department
N กรมควบคุมมลพิษ krom-kub-kum-mon-la-pid
poll
N การ สำรวจ ความคิดเห็น จาก คน จำนวนมาก survey kan-sam-rued-kwam-kid-hen-jak-kon-jam-nuan-mak
poll
N การเลือกตั้ง kan-lueak-tang
poll
N ผล คะแนน การออกเสียงเลือกตั้ง ผล การเลือกตั้ง ผล การ นับ คะแนนเสียง pon-ka-nean-kan-ook-siang-luek-tang
poll
N ส่วน ปลาย กว้าง ที่ ใช้ ตี ของ ค้อน suan-pai-kwang-ti-chai-te-kong-kon
poll
VI ลงคะแนนเสียง เลือกตั้ง ออกเสียง เลือกตั้ง ออกเสียง ลงคะแนน ballot long-ka-nean-siang-luek-tang
poll
VT ลงคะแนนเสียง เลือกตั้ง ออกเสียง เลือกตั้ง ออกเสียง ลงคะแนน ballot long-ka-nean-siang-luek-tang
poll
VT สุ่มตัวอย่าง เพื่อ สำรวจ ความคิดเห็น สำรวจ ความคิดเห็น survey sum-tua-yang-puea-san-rued-kwam-kid
poll
VT ได้รับ คะแนนเสียง dai-rab-ka-nean-siang
poll tax
N ภาษี ต่อหัว ภาษี รายตัว pa-se-tor-tua
pollack
N ปลา ทะเล สี ดำ จำพวก Pollachius virens จัด อยู่ ใน ตระกูล ปลา cod
polled
A ไม่มี เขา
pollen
N ละอองเกสร ดอกไม้ เร ณู la-ong-kea-son-dok-mai
pollen count
N การ ตรวจ นับ จำนวน ละอองเกสร ใน ช่วง 24 ชั่วโมง kan-trud-nab-jam-nuan-laong-kea-son-dok-mai
pollen grain
N ละอองเกสร ดอกไม้ เร ณู la-ong-kea-son-dok-mai
pollex
N นิ้วโป้ง นิ้วหัวแม่มือ thumb nil-pong
pollinate
VT นำ ละออง ไป สู่ เกสร ตัวเมีย nam-la-ong-pai-su-kea-son-tua-mia
polliniferous
A ซึ่ง กำเนิด เกสร ดอกไม้
pollinium
N กลุ่ม เกสร ดอกไม้
polliwog
N ลูกกบ luk-kob
pollock
N ชื่อ พันธุ์ ปลา ตระกูล คอด
polls
N สถานที่ เลือกตั้ง sa-tan-ti-luek-tang
pollster
N ผู้ สำรวจ ประชามติ canvasser phu-sam-rued-pra-cha-ma-ti
pollutant
N สารพิษ ของเสีย impurity san-pid
pollutant
N สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ สกปรก siang-ti-tam-hai-sok-ka-pok
pollute
VT ทำให้ เป็น มลพิษ ทำให้ สกปรก ทำให้ เปรอะเปื้อน contaminate dirty clean purify tam-hai-pen-mon-la-pid
pollute
VT ทำให้ เสียหาย tam-hai-sia-hai
pollute with
PHRV ทำให้ เสีย ทำให้ สกปรก tam-hai-sia
polluted
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น มลพิษ ซึ่ง เป็นพิษ contaminated corrupted sueng-pen-mon-la-pid
polluted water
N น้ำเน่า น้ำเสีย nam-nao
polluting
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น มลพิษ ซึ่ง เป็นพิษ poisonous toxic sueng-pen-mon-la-ppid
pollution
N การ ทำให้ เป็น มลพิษ การ ทำให้ สกปรก contamination defilement kan-tam-hai-pen-min-la-pid
pollution
N ภาวะมลพิษ ส ภาวะมลพิษ มลภาวะ เป็นพิษ สภาพ เป็นพิษ ความ สกปรก pa-wa-mon-la-pid
pollux
N ชื่อ ดาว ยักษ์ ใน กลุ่ม ดาว Germini
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POLL
n. 1. The head of a person, or the back part of the head, and in composition, applied to the head of a beast, as in poll-evil.
2. A register of heads, that is, of persons.
3. The entry of the names of electors who vote for civil officers. Hence,
4. An election of civil officers, or the place of election.
Our citizens say, at the opening or close of the poll, that is, at the beginning of the register of voters and reception of votes, or the close of the same. They say also, we are going to the poll; many voters appeared at the poll.
5. A fish called a chub or chevin. [See Pollard. ]
POLL
v.t.To lop the tops of trees. 1. To clip; to cut off the ends; to cut off hair or wool; to shear. The phrases, to poll the hair, and to poll the head, have been used. The latter is used in 2 Samuel 14:26. To poll a deed, is a phrase still used in law language.
2. To mow; to crop. [Not used. ]
3. To peel; to strip; to plunder.
4. To take a list or register of persons; to enter names in a list.
5. To enter one's name in a list or register.
6. To insert into a number as a voter.
POLLARD
n.[from poll. ] A tree lopped. 1. A clipped coin.
2. The chub fish.
3. A stag that has cast his horns.
4. A mixture of bran and meal.
POLLARD
v.t.To lop the tops of trees; to poll.
POLLEN
n.[L. pollen, pollis, fine flour; pulvis.] 1. The fecundating dust or fine substance like flour or meal, contained in the anther of flowers, which is dispersed on the pistil for impregnation; farin or farina.
2. Fine bran.
POLLENGER
n.Brushwood.
POLLENIN
n.[from pollen. ] A substance prepared from the pollen of tulips, highly inflammable, and insoluble in agents which dissolve other vegetable products. Exposed to the air, it soon undergoes putrefaction.
POLLER
n.[from poll. ] One that shaves persons; a barber. [Not used. ] 1. One that lops or polls trees.
2. A pillager; a plunderer; one that fleeces by exaction. [Not used. ]
3. One that registers voters, or one that enters his name as a voter.
POLL-EVIL
n.[poll and evil. ] A swelling or impostem on a horse's head, or on the nape of the neck between the ears.
POLLICITATION
n.[L. pollicitatio.] A promise; a voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it.
POLLINCTOR
n.[L.] One that prepares materials for embalming the dead; a kind of undertaker.
POLLINIFEROUS
a.[L. pollen and fero, to produce. ] Producing pollen.
POLLOCK, POLLACK
n.A fish, a species of Gadus or cod.
POLLUTE
v.t.[L. polluo; polluceo and possideo.] 1. To defile; to make foul or unclean; in a general sense. But appropriately, among the Jews, to make unclean or impure, in a legal or ceremonial sense, so as to disqualify a person for sacred services, or to render things unfit for sacred uses. Numbers 18:32; Exodus 2 :25; 2 Kings 23:16; 2 Chronicles 36:14.
2. To taint with guilt.
Ye pollute yourselves with all your idols. Ezekiel 2 :31.
3. To profane; to use for carnal or idolatrous purposes.
My sabbaths they greatly polluted. Ezekiel 2 :13.
4. To corrupt or impair by mixture of ill, moral or physical.
Envy you my praise, and would destroy
With grief my pleasures, and pollute my joy?
5. To violate by illegal sexual commerce.
POLLUTE
a.Polluted; defiled.
POLLUTED
pp. Defiled; rendered unclean; tainted with guilt; impaired; profaned.
POLLUTEDNESS
n.The state of being polluted; defilement.
POLLUTER
n.A defiler; one that pollutes or profanes.
POLLUTING
ppr. Defiling; rendering unclean; corrupting; profaning.
POLLUTION
n.[L. pollutio.] 1. The act of polluting.
2. Defilement; uncleanness; impurity; the state of being polluted.
3. In the Jewish economy, legal or ceremonial uncleanness, which disqualified a person for sacred services or for common intercourse with the people, or rendered any thing unfit for sacred use.
4. In medicine, the involuntary emission of semen in sleep.
5. In a religious sense, guilt, the effect of sin; idolatry, etc.
POLLUX
n.A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini or the Twins. 1. [See Castor. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLL
Poll, n. Etym: [From Polly, The proper name. ]
Defn: A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
POLL
Poll, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. [Cambridge Univ. , Eng. ]
POLL
Poll, n. Etym: [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat. ]
1. The head; the back part of the head. "All flaxen was his poll. " Shak.
2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals. We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands. Shak. The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. Shak.
3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll. All soldiers quartered in place are to remove. .. and not to return till one day after the poll is ended. Blackstone.
5. pl.
Defn: The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.
6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
7. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a ). Poll book, a register of persons entitled to vote at an election. -- Poll evil (Far. ), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck. -- Poll pick (Mining ), a pole having a heavy spike on the end, forming a kind of crowbar. -- Poll tax, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation tax.
POLL
Poll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polled; p. pr. & vb. n. Polling. ]
1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. When he [Absalom ] pollled his head. 2 Sam. xiv. 26. His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs. Sir T. North.
2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc. ; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass. Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he had decreed That all the counsels of their war he would poll off like it. Chapman.
3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs. ] Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise. Spenser.
4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs. ]
5. To pay as one's personal tax. The man that polled but twelve pence for his head. Dryden.
6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms. Milton.
7. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent. And poll for points of faith his trusty vote. Tickell.
8. (Law )
Defn: To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee. Burrill. To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered.
POLL
POLL Poll, v. i.
Defn: To vote at an election. Beaconsfield.
POLLACK
Pol "lack, n. Etym: [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish. ] (Zoöl.) (a ) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens ). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack. (b ) The American pollock; the coalfish.
POLLAGE
POLLAGE Poll "age, n.
Defn: A head or poll tax; hence, extortion. [Obs. ] Foxe.
POLLAN
Pol "lan, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. pollag a kind of fish. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan ), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.
POLLARD
Pol "lard, n. Etym: [From Poll the head. ]
1. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches. Pennant.
2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. [Obs. ] Camden.
3. (Zoöl.) (a ) A fish, the chub. (b ) A stag that has cast its antlers. (c ) A hornless animal (cow or sheep ).
POLLARD
Pol "lard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pollarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pollarding.]
Defn: To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows. Evelyn.
POLLAX
POLLAX Poll "ax `, n.
Defn: A poleax. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
POLLED
POLLED Polled, a.
Defn: Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a ) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b ) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. "The polled bachelor. " Beau. & Fl. (c ) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d )Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep.
POLLEN
Pol "len, n. Etym: [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr.
1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs. ] Bailey.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament. Pollen grain (Bot. ), a particle or call of pollen. -- Pollen mass, a pollinium. Gray. -- Pollen sac, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. -- Pollen tube, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule.
POLLENARIOUS
POLLENARIOUS Pol `len *a "ri *ous, a.
Defn: Consisting of meal or pollen.
POLLENED
POLLENED Pol "lened, a.
Defn: Covered with pollen. Tennyson.
POLLENIFEROUS
Pol `len *if "er *ous, a. Etym: [Pollen + -ferous. ] (Bot. )
Defn: Producing pollen; polliniferous.
POLLENIN
Pol "len *in, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pollénine.] (Chem. )
Defn: A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. [R.]
POLLENIZE
Pol "len *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pollenized; p. pr. & vb. n.Pollenizing.]
Defn: To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen.
POLLER
Poll "er, n. Etym: [From Poll ]
Defn: One who polls; specifically: (a ) One who polls or lops trees. (b ) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c ) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs. ] Bacon. (d ) One who registers voters, or one who enters his name as a voter.
POLLEX
Pol "lex, n.; pl. Pollices. Etym: [L., the thumb. ] (Anat. )
Defn: The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.
POLLICATE
Pol "li *cate, a. Etym: [L. pollex, pollicis, a thumb. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.
POLLICITATION
Pol *lic `i *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. pollicitatio, fr. pollicitari to promise, v. intens. fr. polliceri to promise: cf. F. pollicitation. ]
1. A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Roman Law )
Defn: A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made. Bouvier.
POLLINATE
POLLINATE Pol "li *nate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pollinose.
POLLINATE
POLLINATE Pol "li *nate, v. t. (Bot. )
Defn: To apply pollen to (a stigma ). -- Pol `li *na "tion, n. (Bot. )
POLLINCTOR
Pol *linc "tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. pollingere.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: One who prepared corpses for the funeral.
POLLING
Poll "ing, n. Etym: [See Poll the head. ]
1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.
2. Plunder, or extortion. [Obs. ] E. Hall.
3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote. Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.
POLLINIFEROUS
Pol `li *nif "er *ous, a. Etym: [L. pollen, -inis, pollen + -ferous: cf. F. pollinifère.] (Bot. )
Defn: Producing pollen; polleniferous.
POLLINIUM
Pol *lin "i *um, n.; pl. Pollinia. Etym: [NL. See Pollen. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.
POLLINOSE
Pol "li *nose `, a. Etym: [L. pollen, -inis, dust. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.
POLLIWIG; POLLIWOG
Pol "li *wig, Pol "li *wog, n. Etym: [OE. polwigle. Cf. Poll head, and Wiggle. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.
POLLOCK
Pol "lock, n. Etym: [See Pollack. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius ), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.
POLLUCITE
Pol "lu *cite, n. Etym: [See Pollux, and 4th Castor. ] (Min. )
Defn: A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and cæsia. Called also pollux.
POLLUTE
Pol *lute ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting. ]Etym: [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See Position, Lave. ]
1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. The land was polluted with blood. Ps. cvi. 38 Wickedness. .. hath polluted the whole earth. 2 Esd. xv. 6.
2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
3. (Jewish Law )
Defn: To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32.They have polluted themselves with blood. Lam. iv. 14.
Syn. -- To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish.
POLLUTE
Pol *lute ", a. Etym: [L. pollutus.]
Defn: Polluted. [R.] Milton.
POLLUTED
POLLUTED Pol *lut "ed, a.
Defn: Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. -- Pol *lut "ed *ly, adv. -- Pol *lut "ed *ness, n.
POLLUTER
POLLUTER Pol *lut "er, n.
Defn: One who pollutes. Dryden.
POLLUTING
POLLUTING Pol *lut "ing, a.
Defn: Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution. -- Pol *lut "ing *ly, adv.
POLLUTION
Pol *lu "tion, n. Etym: [L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution. ]
1. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb ); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
2. (Med. )
Defn: The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse. Dunglison.
POLLUX
Pol "lux, n. Etym: [L., the twin brother of castor; also, the constellation. ]
1. (Astron.)
Defn: A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.
2. (Min. )
Defn: Same as Pollucite.
POLLY
POLLY Pol "ly, n.
Defn: A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.
POLLYWOG
POLLYWOG Pol "ly *wog, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A polliwig.
New American Oxford Dictionary
poll
poll |pōl poʊl | ▶noun 1 (often the polls ) the process of voting in an election: the country went to the polls on March 10. • a record of the number of votes cast in an election. • (the polls ) the places where votes are cast in an election: the polls have only just closed. • short for opinion poll. 2 dialect a person's head. • the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 record the opinion or vote of: focus groups in which customers are polled about merchandise preferences. • [ no obj. ] (of a candidate in an election ) receive a specified number of votes: the Green candidate polled 3.6 percent. • Telecommunications & Computing check the status of (a measuring device, part of a computer, or a node in a network ), esp. as part of a repeated cycle. 2 cut the horns off (an animal, esp. a young cow ). • archaic cut off the top of (a tree or plant ), typically to encourage further growth; pollard. DERIVATIVES poll ee |pōˈlē |noun poll ( sense 1 of the verb ) ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘head ’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head, ’ and hence ‘an individual person among a number, ’ from which developed the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads ’ and then ‘counting of heads or of votes ’ (17th cent ).
pollack
pol lack |ˈpälək ˈpɑlək |(also pollock ) ▶noun ( pl. same or pollacks ) an edible greenish-brown fish of the cod family, with a protruding lower jaw. Found in the northeastern Atlantic, it is popular with anglers. [Pollachius pollachius, family Gadidae. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps of Celtic origin.
Pollack, Sidney
Pol lack, Sidney |ˈpälək ˈpɑlək | (1934 –2008 ), US director; full name Sydney Irwin Pollack. Notable movies include The Way We Were (1973 ), Out of Africa (1985 ), Havana (1990 ), and The Firm (1993 ).
Pollaiuolo
Pollaiuolo |ˌpɒlʌɪˈwəʊləʊ |, Antonio ( c. 1432 –98 ) and Piero (1443 –96 ), Italian sculptors, painters, and engravers. Both brothers worked on the monuments to Popes Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII in St Peter's, and Antonio is particularly known for his realistic depiction of the human form.
pollan
pollan |ˈpɒlən | ▶noun an Arctic cisco (fish ) of a variety which occurs in Irish lakes. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Irish pollán, perhaps based on poll ‘pool ’.
pollard
pol lard |ˈpälərd ˈpɑlərd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (often as adj. pollarded ) cut off the top and branches of (a tree ) to encourage new growth at the top: a wide boulevard lined with pollarded linden trees. ▶noun 1 a tree whose top and branches have been cut off for this reason. 2 archaic an animal, e.g., a sheep or deer, that has lost its horns or cast its antlers. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from the verb poll + -ard .
polled
polled |pōld poʊld | ▶adjective (of cattle, sheep, or goats ) lacking horns, either naturally or because they have been removed.
pollen
pol len |ˈpälən ˈpɑlən | ▶noun a fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone. Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule, to which pollen is transported by the wind, insects, or other animals. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘fine powder. ’
pollen basket
pol len bas ket ▶noun Entomology a flattened area fringed with hairs on the hind leg of a social bee, used for carrying pollen. Also called corbicula.
pollen count
pol len count |ˈpɑlən kaʊnt | ▶noun an index of the amount of pollen in the air, published chiefly for the benefit of those allergic to it.
pollen grain
pol len grain ▶noun each of the microscopic particles, typically single cells, of which pollen is composed. Pollen grains have a tough coat that has a form characteristic of the plant producing it.
pollen tube
pol len tube |ˈpɑlən t (j )ub | ▶noun Botany a hollow tube that develops from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma of a flower. It penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule.
pollen zone
pol ¦len zone ▶noun a characteristic assemblage of pollen obtained by pollen analysis. Each zone (denoted by a Roman numeral ) corresponds to one of the climatic stages of the late-glacial and postglacial periods.
pollex
pol lex |ˈpälˌeks ˈpɑlɛks | ▶noun ( pl. pollices |ˈpäləˌsēz | ) Anatomy & Zoology the innermost digit of a forelimb, esp. the thumb in primates. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘thumb or big toe. ’
pollinate
pol li nate |ˈpäləˌnāt ˈpɑləˌneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant ) and so allow fertilization. DERIVATIVES pol li na tion |ˌpäləˈnāSHən |noun, pol li na tor |-ˌnātər |noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin pollen, pollin- ‘pollen ’ + -ate 3 .
polling booth
poll ing booth |ˈpoʊlɪŋ ˌbuθ | ▶noun British and Canadian term for voting booth.
polling day
poll |ing day ▶noun Brit. the day of a local or general election.
polling place
poll ing place (also polling station ) ▶noun a building where voting takes place during an election, typically one that normally has another function, such as a school.
pollinium
pol lin i um |pəˈlinēəm pəˈlɪniəm | ▶noun ( pl. pollinia |pəˈlinēə | ) Botany a coherent mass of pollen grains that is the product of each anther lobe of some flowers, esp. orchids. Single or paired pollinia are often attached to, and carried by, pollinating insects. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin pollen, pollin- ‘pollen. ’
pollinosis
pol li no sis |päləˈnōsis ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs | ▶noun a technical term for hay fever .
polliwog
pol li wog |ˈpälēˌwäg, -ˌwôg ˈpɑliˌwɔɡ |(also pollywog ) ▶noun a tadpole. ORIGIN late Middle English (earlier as pollywiggle ): from poll in the sense ‘head ’ + the verb wiggle .
pollo
pol lo |ˈpoi-ō, ˈpälō ˈpɔɪjoʊ | ▶noun chicken (as used in the names of Italian, Spanish, or Mexican dishes ). ORIGIN Spanish and Italian.
pollock
pol lock |ˈpälək ˈpɑlək | ▶noun 1 a commercially valuable food fish of the cod family, occurring in the North Atlantic. Also called saithe. [Pollachius virens, family Gadidae. ] 2 variant spelling of pollack.
Pollock, Jackson
Pol lock, Jackson |ˈpälək ˈpɑlək | (1912 –56 ), US painter; full name Paul Jackson Pollock. A leading figure in the abstract expressionist movement, he became the chief exponent of the style known as action painting from 1947. Fixing the canvas to the floor or wall, he poured, splashed, or dripped paint on it, covering the whole canvas and avoiding any point of emphasis.
pollster
poll ster |ˈpōlstər ˈpoʊlstər | ▶noun a person who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.
poll tax
poll tax |ˈpoʊl ˌtæks | ▶noun a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
pollutant
pol lu tant |pəˈlo͞otnt pəˈlutnt | ▶noun a substance that pollutes something, esp. water or the atmosphere: chemical pollutants | [ as modifier ] : pollutant gases.
pollute
pol lute |pəˈlo͞ot pəˈlut | ▶verb [ with obj. ] contaminate (water, air, or a place ) with harmful or poisonous substances: the explosion polluted the town with dioxin | (as adj. polluted ) : exposure to polluted air. • defile; corrupt: a society polluted by racism. DERIVATIVES pol lut er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pollut- ‘soiled, defiled, ’ from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum ‘mud. ’
pollution
pol lu tion |pəˈlo͞oSHən pəˈluʃən | ▶noun the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects: the level of pollution in the air is rising. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pollutio (n- ), from the verb polluere (see pollute ).
Pollux
Pol lux |ˈpäləks ˈpɑləks | 1 Greek Mythology the twin brother of Castor. Also called Polydeuces. See Dioscuri. 2 Astronomy the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, close to Castor. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek Poludeukēs; compare with Polydeuces .
polly
polly |ˈpɒli |(also pollie ) ▶noun ( pl. pollies ) Austral. /NZ informal a politician. ORIGIN 1960s: abbreviation.
Pollyanna
Pol ly an na |ˌpälēˈanə ˌpɑliˈænə | ▶noun an excessively cheerful or optimistic person. DERIVATIVES Pol ly an na ish |-iSH |adjective, Pol ly an na ism |-ˌizəm |noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: the name of the optimistic heroine created by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868 –1920 ), American author of children's stories.
pollywog
pol ly wog |ˈpɑliˌwɔɡ | ▶noun variant spelling of polliwog.
Oxford Dictionary
poll
poll |pəʊl | ▶noun 1 (often the polls ) the process of voting in an election: the country went to the polls on March 10. • the number of votes cast in an election: the ruling party won 24 seats, narrowly topping the poll. • (the polls ) the places where votes are cast in an election: the polls have only just closed. • short for opinion poll. 2 dialect a person's head. • the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp. 3 a hornless animal, especially one of a breed of hornless cattle. See also red poll. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 record the opinion or vote of: over half of those polled do not believe the prime minister usually tells the truth. • [ no obj., with adverbial ] (of a candidate in an election ) receive a specified number of votes: the Green candidate polled 3.6 per cent. 2 Telecommunications & Computing check the status of (a device ), especially as part of a repeated cycle. 3 cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow ). • archaic cut off the top of (a tree or plant ), typically to encourage further growth; pollard. DERIVATIVES pollee |pəʊˈliː |noun poll ( sense 1 of the verb ) ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘head ’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head ’, and hence ‘an individual person among a number ’, from which developed the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads ’ and then ‘counting of heads or of votes ’ (17th cent. ).
pollack
pollack |ˈpɒlək |(also pollock ) ▶noun ( pl. same or pollacks ) an edible greenish-brown fish of the cod family, with a protruding lower jaw. Found in the NE Atlantic, it is popular with anglers. ●Pollachius pollachius, family Gadidae. ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps of Celtic origin.
Pollack, Sidney
Pol lack, Sidney |ˈpälək ˈpɑlək | (1934 –2008 ), US director; full name Sydney Irwin Pollack. Notable movies include The Way We Were (1973 ), Out of Africa (1985 ), Havana (1990 ), and The Firm (1993 ).
Pollaiuolo
Pollaiuolo |ˌpɒlʌɪˈwəʊləʊ |, Antonio ( c. 1432 –98 ) and Piero (1443 –96 ), Italian sculptors, painters, and engravers. Both brothers worked on the monuments to Popes Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII in St Peter's, and Antonio is particularly known for his realistic depiction of the human form.
pollan
pollan |ˈpɒlən | ▶noun an Arctic cisco (fish ) of a variety which occurs in Irish lakes. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Irish pollán, perhaps based on poll ‘pool ’.
pollard
pollard |ˈpɒləd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (often as adj. pollarded ) cut off the top and branches of (a tree ) to encourage new growth at the top. ▶noun 1 a tree whose top and branches have been pollarded. 2 archaic an animal that has lost its horns or cast its antlers. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from the verb poll + -ard .
polled
polled |pəʊld | ▶adjective (of cattle, sheep, or goats ) lacking horns, either naturally or because they have been removed.
pollen
pol ¦len |ˈpɒlən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone. Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule, to which pollen is transported by the wind, insects, or other animals. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘fine powder ’.
pollen basket
pol ¦len bas ¦ket ▶noun Entomology a flattened area fringed with hairs on the hind leg of a social bee, used for carrying pollen. Also called corbicula.
pollen count
pol ¦len count ▶noun an index of the amount of pollen in the air, published chiefly for the benefit of those allergic to it.
pollen grain
pol len grain ▶noun each of the microscopic particles, typically single cells, of which pollen is composed. Pollen grains have a tough coat that has a form characteristic of the plant producing it.
pollen tube
pol ¦len tube ▶noun Botany a hollow tube which develops from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma of a flower. It penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule.
pollen zone
pol ¦len zone ▶noun a characteristic assemblage of pollen obtained by pollen analysis. Each zone (denoted by a Roman numeral ) corresponds to one of the climatic stages of the late-glacial and postglacial periods.
pollex
pollex |ˈpɒlɛks | ▶noun ( pl. pollices |-lɪsiːz | ) Anatomy & Zoology the innermost digit of a forelimb, especially the thumb in primates. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘thumb or big toe ’.
pollie
pol ¦lie ▶noun variant spelling of polly.
pollinate
pol ¦lin |ate |ˈpɒlɪneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant ) and so allow fertilization. DERIVATIVES pollination |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun, pollinator noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Latin pollen, pollin- ‘pollen ’ + -ate 3 .
polling booth
poll |ing booth ▶noun Brit. a compartment with one open side in which one voter at a time stands to mark their ballot paper.
polling day
poll |ing day ▶noun Brit. the day of a local or general election.
polling station
polling station (N. Amer. also polling place ) ▶noun a building, such as a school or community centre, where voting takes place during an election.
pollinium
pollinium |pəˈlɪnɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. pollinia |pəˈlɪnɪə | ) Botany a coherent mass of pollen grains that is the product of each anther lobe of some flowers, especially orchids. Single or paired pollinia are often attached to, and carried by, pollinating insects. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin pollen, pollin- ‘pollen ’.
pollinosis
pol li no sis |päləˈnōsis ˌpɑləˈnoʊsɪs | ▶noun a technical term for hay fever .
polliwog
polliwog |ˈpɒlɪwɒg |(also pollywog ) ▶noun 1 N. Amer. & dialect a tadpole. 2 N. Amer. informal a new sailor, especially one crossing the equator for the first time. ORIGIN late Middle English (earlier as pollywiggle ): from poll in the sense ‘head ’ + the verb wiggle .
pollo
pollo |ˈpɒləʊ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chicken (as used in the names of Italian, Spanish, or Mexican dishes ). ORIGIN Spanish and Italian.
pollock
pol |lock ▶noun 1 North American term for saithe. 2 variant spelling of pollack.
Pollock, Jackson
Pol |lock |ˈpɒlək | (1912 –56 ), American painter; full name Paul Jackson Pollock. He was a leading figure in the abstract expressionist movement and from 1947 became the chief exponent of the style known as action painting, whereby he poured, splashed, or dripped paint on to the canvas.
pollster
pollster |ˈpəʊlstə | ▶noun a person who conducts or analyses opinion polls.
poll tax
poll tax ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tax levied on every adult, without reference to their income or resources. • informal term for community charge.
pollutant
pollutant ▶noun a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere: chemical pollutants | [ as modifier ] : pollutant gases.
pollute
pol |lute |pəˈluːt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] contaminate (water, the air, etc. ) with harmful or poisonous substances: the explosion polluted the town with dioxin | (as adj. polluted ) : the Mersey is one of Europe's most polluted rivers. • defile or corrupt: a society polluted by racism. DERIVATIVES polluter noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pollut- ‘soiled, defiled ’, from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum ‘mud ’.
pollution
pol |lu ¦tion |pəˈluːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects: the level of pollution in the air is rising. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pollutio (n- ), from the verb polluere (see pollute ).
Pollux
Pollux |ˈpɒləks | 1 Greek Mythology the twin brother of Castor. Also called Polydeuces. See Dioscuri. 2 Astronomy the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, close to Castor.
polly
polly |ˈpɒli |(also pollie ) ▶noun ( pl. pollies ) Austral. /NZ informal a politician. ORIGIN 1960s: abbreviation.
Pollyanna
Polly |anna |pɒlɪˈanə | ▶noun an excessively cheerful or optimistic person. DERIVATIVES Pollyannaish adjective, Pollyannaism noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: the name of the optimistic heroine created by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868 –1920 ), American author of children's stories.
pollywog
polly |wog ▶noun variant spelling of polliwog.
American Oxford Thesaurus
poll
poll noun 1 a second-round poll: vote, ballot, show of hands, referendum, plebiscite; election. 2 the poll was unduly low: voting figures, vote, returns, count, tally. 3 a poll to investigate holiday choices: survey, opinion poll, straw poll, canvass, market research, census. ▶verb 1 most of those polled supported the vice president: canvass, survey, ask, question, interview, ballot. 2 she polled 119 votes: get, gain, register, record, return.
pollute
pollute verb 1 fish farms will pollute the lake: contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, foul, dirty, soil, infect; literary befoul. ANTONYMS purify. 2 propaganda polluted this nation: corrupt, poison, warp, pervert, deprave, defile, blight, sully; literary besmirch.
pollution
pollution noun 1 air and water pollution: contamination, adulteration, impurity; dirt, filth, toxins, infection; smog. 2 the pollution of young minds: corruption, defilement, poisoning, warping, depravation, sullying, violation.
Oxford Thesaurus
poll
poll noun 1 the electoral rules provided for a second-round poll: vote, ballot, show of hands, straw vote /poll, referendum, plebiscite, election. 2 apathy might cause the poll to be unduly low: voting figures, vote, returns, count, tally. 3 they may conduct a poll to investigate whether people enjoyed their holidays: survey, opinion poll, canvass, market research, sampling, census. ▶verb 1 57 \% of the people polled supported his action: canvass, survey, ask, question, interview, ballot, sample. 2 she polled 119 votes: get, gain, register, record, return.
pollute
pollute verb 1 fish farms will pollute the lake: contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, befoul, foul, dirty, soil, blight, make filthy, infect. ANTONYMS clean, purify. 2 the propaganda that polluted this nation: corrupt, poison, warp, pervert, deprave, defile, blight, debauch, sully, besmirch, desecrate, violate. ANTONYMS purify.
pollution
pollution noun 1 pollution caused by vehicle emissions: contamination, contaminating, adulteration, adulterating, tainting, impurity, fouling, befouling, foulness, dirtiness, dirtying, soiling, filthiness, infection, infecting. ANTONYMS purity. 2 research into the pollution of young minds: defilement, corruption, corrupting, poison, poisoning, blight, warping, depravation, depravity, sullying, besmirching, desecration, violation.
Duden Dictionary
Poll
Poll Substantiv, maskulin Markt-, Meinungsforschung , der |poʊl |der Poll; Genitiv: des Polls, Plural: die Polls englisch poll, eigentlich = Kopf (zahl )1 Umfrage, Befragung 2 Wahl, Abstimmung 3 Liste der Wähler oder Befragten
Pollack
Pol lack Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o llack |der Pollack; Genitiv: des Pollacks, Plural: die Pollacks eine Schellfischart
pollakanth
pol la k anth, pol la kanth Adjektiv Botanik |pollak a nth |griechisch-neulateinisch ; »häufig blühend «mehrjährig und immer wieder blühend (bezogen auf bestimmte Pflanzen, z. B. Apfelbaum ); Gegensatz hapaxanth
Pollakisurie
Pol la ki s u rie , Pol la ki su rie Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Pollakisur ie |die Pollakisurie; Genitiv: der Pollakisurie, Plural: die Pollakisurien häufiger Harndrang
Pollen
Pol len Substantiv, maskulin Botanik , der |P o llen |der Pollen; Genitiv: des Pollens, Plural: die Pollen lateinisch pollen = sehr feines Mehl, Mehlstaub Blütenstaub
Pollenallergie
Pol len al l er gie , Pol len al ler gie Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |P o llenallergie |krankhafte Reaktion des Organismus auf bestimmte Pollen; vgl. Heuschnupfen
Pollenanalyse
Pol len ana ly se Substantiv, feminin , die |P o llenanalyse |
Pollenflug
Pol len flug Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o llenflug |zur Blütezeit der Pflanzen einsetzende Verbreitung der Pollen
Pollenflugkalender
Pol len flug ka len der Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o llenflugkalender |Kalender, der die Zeiten des Pollenflugs der verschiedenen Pflanzen angibt
pollenfrei
pol len frei Adjektiv |p o llenfrei |frei von Pollen
Pollenkorn
Pol len korn Substantiv, Neutrum , das |P o llenkorn |das Pollenkorn; Plural Pollenkörner
Pollenschlauch
Pol len schlauch Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o llenschlauch |
Poller
Pol ler Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o ller |der Poller; Genitiv: des Pollers, Plural: die Poller a älter: Polder < niederländisch polder < altfranzösisch poldre, poultre (französisch poutre ) = Balken, ursprünglich = junge Stute (beide tragen Lasten ) < lateinisch pullus = Jungtier Seemannssprache Holz- oder Metallklotz, -pfosten auf Schiffen, Kaimauern, um den die Taue zum Festmachen von Schiffen gelegt werden b Markierungsklotz für den Straßenverkehr
Pollinium
Pol li ni um Substantiv, Neutrum Botanik , das |Poll i nium |das Pollinium; Genitiv: des Polliniums, Plural: die Pollinien lateinisch-neulateinisch regelmäßig zu einem Klümpchen verklebender Blütenstaub, der als Ganzes von Insekten übertragen wird z. B. bei Orchideen
Pollinose
Pol li no se Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Pollin o se |die Pollinose; Genitiv: der Pollinose, Plural: die Pollinosen durch Pollen hervorgerufene Allergie
Pollution
Pol lu ti on Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Polluti o n |spätlateinisch pollutio = Besudelung unwillkürlicher Samenerguss [im Schlaf ]
Pollux
Pol lux Eigenname griechische Mythologie |P o llux |Held der griechischen Sage wie Kastor und Pollux sein Kastor
Pollux
Pol lux Substantiv, maskulin , der |P o llux |der Pollux; Genitiv: des Pollux Stern im Sternbild Zwillinge
French Dictionary
poll
poll FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour bureau de vote, bureau de scrutin.
pollen
pollen n. m. nom masculin Matière poudreuse produite par les étamines des plantes à fleurs, lesquelles constituent l ’élément reproducteur mâle. : Les abeilles recueillent le pollen des fleurs. « Le pollen suave qui sourd des fleurs » (Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau , Œuvres ). Prononciation Le n se prononce, [pɔlɛn ]; ce nom rime avec laine Note Orthographique po ll e n.
polluant
polluant , ante adj. et n. m. adjectif Qui pollue. : Ces produits sont polluants. SYNONYME pollueur . nom masculin Substance qui cause une pollution. : Des polluants dangereux. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le participe présent invariable polluant. Il faudra sévir contre l ’emploi de produits polluant les eaux. Note Orthographique po ll uant.
polluer
polluer v. tr. verbe transitif Salir, dégrader l ’environnement. : Ces substances qui ne sont pas biodégradables polluent les cours d ’eau. ANTONYME dépolluer . aimer
pollueur
pollueur , euse adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui pollue. : Les pollueurs seront poursuivis. Des substances pollueuses.
pollution
pollution n. f. nom féminin Dégradation d ’un milieu naturel (eau, sol, air ) par des substances, des déchets toxiques. : Il importe de réduire la pollution de l ’environnement.
Spanish Dictionary
polla
polla nombre femenino 1 Gallina joven que aún no pone huevos o que hace poco que ha empezado a ponerlos .2 Ecuad Escrito que contiene apuntes, fórmulas u otro tipo de información que un estudiante oculta para consultarlo y poder copiar de él en un examen .SINÓNIMO chuleta .3 Esp Chica joven, que está en el principio de la mocedad :piense usted que tengo ya una pollita en estado de merecer y que no está bien que oiga esas cosas .4 Esp malsonante Pene .5 Esp malsonante Se emplea, en singular, en plural y formando parte de determinadas expresiones, para negar o rechazar rotundamente una petición, una afirmación o una protesta :¡y una polla! ; ¡pollas en vinagre! 6 Méx Bebida fría que se hace con huevos batidos, leche, azúcar, canela y algún licor .comer la polla Esp malsonante Hacer una felación o estimulación del pene con la boca a un hombre .la quinta polla Esp malsonante Lugar que se considera muy lejano .polla de agua i Ave zancuda similar a la focha, de unos 35 cm de longitud, con el plumaje de color verde oliváceo y gris, el pico rojizo y una placa córnea roja en la frente; es buena nadadora y habita en parajes pantanosos .ii Ave zancuda de unos 20 cm de longitud, de plumaje pardo con manchas cenicientas y los bordes de las alas blanquecinos, que acompaña a las codornices en sus emigraciones .SINÓNIMO guion de codornices, rascón de los prados .
pollada
pollada nombre femenino Conjunto de pollos que sacan las aves de una sola puesta de huevos .
pollastre
pollastre nombre masculino 1 Pollo que está un poco crecido .2 Esp coloquial Chico joven que presume o alardea de ser ya un hombre :menudo pollastre está hecho su hijo y eso que no es más que un crío .
pollear
pollear verbo intransitivo Empezar un muchacho o una muchacha a hacer cosas propias de los jóvenes .
pollera
pollera nombre femenino CSur, Bol, Perú Prenda de vestir, principalmente femenina, que consiste en una tela que se ajusta a la cintura y cubre las piernas o parte de ellas .SINÓNIMO falda .pollera pantalón RPlata Prenda de vestir, generalmente femenina, que consiste en un pantalón con las perneras muy amplias, lo que le da apariencia de pollera .
pollería
pollería nombre femenino Establecimiento o puesto en el que se venden aves comestibles, enteras o troceadas, huevos y, con frecuencia, conejo .
pollero, -ra
pollero, -ra nombre masculino y femenino Persona que tiene por oficio criar o vender pollos .
pollina
pollina nombre femenino PRico, Venez Cabello que cae sobre la frente .
pollino, -na
pollino, -na nombre masculino y femenino 1 coloquial Asno, burro (mamífero ):iban montados a caballo y traían la carga sobre un pollino .2 Asno joven y sin domar .SINÓNIMO rucho .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es rudo e ignorante .SINÓNIMO animal, bruto, burro .
pollo
pollo 1 nombre masculino 1 Cría de un ave, especialmente de la gallina :los pollitos rompieron ayer el cascarón; el águila da de comer a sus pollos; a los dos meses de edad, los pollos de cigüeña negra ya pueden volar .SINÓNIMO polluelo .2 Gallo o gallina joven, especialmente el destinado al consumo :hígado de pollo; comió pollo asado; preparó muslos de pollo con pimientos .3 Cría de la abeja .4 Esp coloquial Hombre, especialmente el que es joven, presumido o de clase acomodada :pues no se pega este pollo buena vida …; parece ser que se entiende con algún pollo que otro .Se usa con valor humorístico o irónico .pollo pera Esp coloquial Persona que es muy presumida y demasiado elegante y refinada .pollo tomatero Pollo de la gallina, pequeño y tierno, que resulta apropiado para ser cocinado con tomate . VÉASE culo de pollo . ETIMOLOGÍA Voz patrimonial del latín pullus ‘cría de un animal cualquiera ’, ‘pollo de gallina ’.
pollo
pollo 2 nombre masculino coloquial Saliva o mucosidad que se escupe por la boca de una vez .SINÓNIMO gallo, lapo .ETIMOLOGÍA Voz de origen incierto .
polluelo, -la
polluelo, -la nombre masculino y femenino Cría de un ave, especialmente de la gallina :las gallinas y los polluelos andaban libres por el improvisado y vasto corral; aunque el urogallo pone entre cinco y doce huevos, muchos de los polluelos mueren durante las primeras semanas de vida .SINÓNIMO pollo .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Poll
Poll /pɑl |pɔl /名詞 パル 〘女の名; Maryの愛称 〙.
poll
poll /poʊl / (! poleと同音 ) 〖原義は 4; 頭を数える 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C 世論調査 (opinion poll ), 意識調査 , 人気投票 ; 世論調査結果 ▸ a telephone poll 電話による意識調査 ▸ carry out [conduct, take ] a poll 世論調査を実施する ▸ Recent polls show [suggest ] the public doesn't much care .最近の世論調査では一般大衆はあまり関心がないことを示している .2 〖the ～(s )〗投票 , 選挙 ; 投票所 ▸ go to the polls 投票所 [選挙 ]に行く ▸ announce the results of the poll 投票結果を発表する 3 〖単数形で 〗投票数 ; 票の集計 ▸ a heavy [light ] poll 高い [低い ]投票率 ▸ Mr. Smith came top of the poll .スミス氏は投票数のトップに立った .4 C ｟方言 ｠(人間の )頭 〘特に頭髪のある部分 〙.5 C (ハンマーなどの )頭 〘平らな部分 〙.6 U 人頭税 (poll tax ).動詞 ～s /-z /, ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 «…に関して » 〈人 〉に 世論調査する «on » ; …に票を投じる (!しばしば受け身で ) ▸ The majority of those polled supported the idea .世論調査を受けた人の過半数がその意見に賛成した 2 〈政党 候補者が 〉〈ある投票数 〉を獲得する ▸ The Labour party polled 31 \% of the votes .労働党が投票数の31パーセントを獲得した .3 〈牛の角 〉を短く切る, 〈羊 〉の毛を刈る .自動詞 〖～＋副詞 〗得票する (!副詞 はwellなど ) ; «…に » 投票する «for » ▸ The Tories polled well in recent polls .保守党は最近の選挙で十分得票した .
pollard
pol lard /pɔ́lə r d /名詞 C 1 角を切り落とした [角なし種の ]シカ [ウシ ].2 枝を刈り込んだ木 .動詞 他動詞 …を刈り込む, 切り落とす .
pollee
poll ee /poʊlíː /名詞 C 世論調査の対象者 .
pollen
pol len /pɑ́lən |pɔ́l -/名詞 U C 〘植 〙花粉 .～́ c ò unt (空気中の )花粉 (計測 )数 .
pollinate
pol li nate /pɑ́lənèɪt |pɔ́l -/動詞 他動詞 〘植 〙〈花 植物など 〉に授粉 [送粉 ]する 〘しばしば昆虫 風によって行われる 〙.
pollination
p ò l li n á tion 名詞 U 〘植 〙授粉 (作用 ).
polling
p ó ll ing 名詞 U (選挙の )投票 (voting ).～́ b ò oth ｟英 ｠〖通例 ～es 〗(投票所の仕切られた )記入用ボックス (｟米 ｠voting booth ).～́ d à y ｟英 ｠投票日 .～́ pl à ce ｟米 ｠ [st à tion ｟英 ｠]投票所 .
polliwog
pol li wog /pɑ́liwɑ̀ɡ |pɔ́liwɔ̀ɡ /名詞 C ｟米 ｠〘動 〙オタマジャクシ (tadpole )(→frog 1 ).
pollster
poll ster -tak er /póʊlstə r //-tèɪkə r /名詞 C 世論調査員 .
pollutant
pol lu tant /pəlúːt (ə )nt /名詞 C U 汚染物質, 汚染源 .
pollute
pol lute /pəlúːt /〖原義は 「(神聖な場所を )冒涜 （ぼうとく ）する 」〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -luting 他動詞 1 【化学薬品 下水などで 】〈空気 水 土など 〉を汚染する, 汚す «by , with » ▸ pollute water with sewage 水を汚水で汚染する .2 〈人 〉を堕落させる, 〈物 〉をだめにする ▸ pollute A's mind A 〈人 〉の精神を堕落させる, 心を汚す .3 〈神聖な場所 〉を冒涜する .
polluted
pol l ú t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 汚染された .
polluter
pol l ú t er 名詞 C 公害の原因を作る企業 [人, 物 ]; 汚染源 .
pollution
pol lu tion /pəlúːʃ (ə )n /→pollute 名詞 U 1 汚染 , 公害 ▸ air [water ] pollution 大気 [水質 ]汚染 ▸ noise [sound ] pollution 騒音公害 ▸ light pollution 光害 〘都市の人工光により天体観測などに支障をきたすこと 〙▸ cause [create ] environmental pollution 環境汚染を引き起こす [生む ].2 汚染物質 ▸ chemical pollution from ships 船から排出される化学汚染物質 3 堕落 , 冒涜 （ぼうとく ）.4 〘医 〙夢精 .
Polly
Pol ly /pɑ́li |pɔ́l -/名詞 ポリー 〘女の名; Maryの愛称 〙.
Pollyanna
Pol ly an na /pɑ̀liǽnə |pɔ̀l -/〖同名の小説の主人公から 〗名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗極端な楽天家 .
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