Poll



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 民意测验; ?偻镀?
• ［英］ n. 民意测验; ?偻镀? ( the giving of votes in writing)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English pol, polle, from Middle Low German
• Date: 14th century
• 1. head
• 2.
  • a. the top or back of the head
  • b. nape
• 3. the broad or flat end of a striking tool (as a hammer)
• 4.
  • a.
    • (1) the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons
    • (2) a counting of votes cast
  • b. the place where votes are cast or recorded — usually used in plural<at the polls>
  • c. the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election
  • d. the total number of votes recorded <a heavy poll>
• 5.
  • a. a questioning or canvassing of persons selected at random or by quota to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed
  • b. a record of the information so obtained

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cut off or cut short the hair or wool of ; crop, shear
    • b. to cut off or cut short (as wool)
  • 2.
    • a. to cut off or back the top of (as a tree); specifically pollard
    • b. to cut off or cut short the horns of (cattle)
  • 3.
    • a. to receive and record the votes of
    • b. to request each member of to declare a vote individually <poll the assembly>
  • 4. to receive (as votes) in an election
  • 5. to question or canvass in a poll
  • 6. to test (as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages to be transmitted
• intransitive verb
  • to cast one's vote at a poll
• ? pollee noun
• ? poller noun

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