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词汇 stobie pole
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Definition of stobie pole in English:

stobie pole

nounˈstəʊbi pəʊl
Australian
  • (in South Australia) a pole that carries electricity cables above ground.

    the man became trapped when his Ford sedan crashed into a stobie pole and exploded into flames
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The truck had narrowly missed hitting a stobie pole alongside the entry gate.
    • Traffic also is slow on Payneham Rd at Evandale while crews work to replace a stobie pole after an accident overnight.
    • Schools will be involved in art projects to paint stobie poles in surrounding streets, as "naked" stobie poles are a frequent graffiti target.
    • About 4.30am a truck crashed into a stobie pole, causing power lines to come down.
    • Stobie poles march in their thousands across the South Australian landscape.
    • Road restrictions and diversions are in place after police were alerted to the significantly damaged stobie pole and smashed traffic light about 6.15am.
    • A broken stobie pole lies precariously on high-tension wire - damaged perhaps due to the high winds - next to a playground in Port Norlunga.
    • Two young police officers risked their lives to save a driver trapped in his burning car which hit a stobie pole and exploded at Smithfield Plains.
    • If someone hits a stobie pole after a tyre blowout an injured driver cannot claim compensation and is left at the mercy of the public health system.
    • It left the road and hit a parked van, a stobie pole, gas meter and water hydrant before ploughing into the Singapore House restaurant.

Origin

1920s: from the name of its inventor, the Australian engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895–1953).

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