Poll

(noun.) the counting of votes (as in an election).

(noun.) a tame parrot.

(noun.) the part of the head between the ears.

(noun.) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.

(verb.) convert into a pollard; 'pollard trees'.

(verb.) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions.

(verb.) get the votes of.

(verb.) vote in an election at a polling station.

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• They went in a body to the poll; and when they returned, the Honourable Samuel Slumkey, of Slumkey Hall, was returned also. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• When that was done, he awoke to a clear perception that Poll Parroting was solely chargeable with what had passed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You can Poll Parrot enough when you ain't wanted to Poll Parrot, you perwerse jade! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They, in return, usually paid to their protector a sort of annual poll-tax. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The more issues a party meets the less votes it is likely to poll. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Will you leave off a Poll Parroting, I ask you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But don't Poll Parrot me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• When he came to the throne it polled not half a million votes; in 1907 it polled over three million. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• During the whole time of the polling, the town was in a perpetual fever of excitement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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