Serving as a guide, as a polestar or a pole of the earth.

指示的；引导的：用作导向的，如一颗北极星或地球的一极。

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Sharks: If it's trying to take chunks out of your boat, hit it with a paddle or a pole.

鲨鱼 ：如果它试图从你的船里抓出矮胖的人，用船桨或撑篙打它。

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To jump or leap over, especially with the aid of a support such as the hands or a pole.

跳跃，跨跃：跳过或跃过，尤指在手或杆等支撑物的帮助下跃过。

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"How does he know what they want?" "Well he lives in the North Pole, I don't know if there's like a speaker or anything, for them to hear what children want."

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If the snow is the right kind (hard and old but not too old), you can dig out a cave or a trench, or even carve out blocks of snow with a ski-pole, machete or a stick.

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For those unfamiliar with the object, the caber is a heavy pole, or log, about the length and girth of a telephone pole.

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