英和和英

名詞

utility pole (plural utility poles)

1. A tall cylinder, often made from the trunk of a tree, usually topped by a cross beam, used by a public utility to carry wire, cable or conduit through the air, for the transportation of electricity, cable television, telephone or similar services.
   • 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 34:

     A utility pole shone yellow like a sick bruise high up over them.

   • 2026 February 9, Jon Caramanica, “Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2026:

     The Super Bowl rendition began with workers falling from utility poles in a flash of sparks, a nod to the blackouts that crippled the U.S. territory for several months following Hurricane Maria in 2017. […] In one segment, Bad Bunny performed “El Apagón” atop a replica utility pole.

同意語

• telegraph pole
• telephone pole
• hydro pole (Canada)

参考

• transmission tower