English Dictionary

polecat

/ˈpəʊlkæt/

noun

A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela. / notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius. / (US, dialects, including Appalachia) A skunk.

I saw a polecat running across the road.

意味（1）

A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.

意味（2）

notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.

For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.

意味（3）

(US, dialects, including Appalachia) A skunk.

意味（4）

(television) A tubular device used to support lights on a set.

This is adjustable telescopic tubing, wedged securely between floor and ceiling (vertical pole) or wall-to-wall (horizontal pole), within corridors, arches, window openings, doorways, etc. It may be held in position by a strong internal spring or end-screws. Designs include polecat, varipole, barricuda, jack tube, Acrow.