poll

来自中古英语polle,头皮，头部，头，来自中古德语pol,头，顶点，顶部，来自Proto-Germanic*pullaz,头，头顶，圆形物体，来自PIE*boul,圆形物体，鼓起，泡沫，来自PIE*beu,吹，膨胀，鼓起，词源同ball,pouch,.引申词义数人头，投票，投票选举，民意调查以及动词词义剪头，剪枝，修剪等。

poll

poll: [13] ‘Head’ is the original and central meaning of poll, from which all its modern uses have derived. The ‘voting’ sort of poll, for instance, which emerged in the 17th century, is etymologically a counting of ‘heads’, and the poll tax is a ‘per capita’ tax. The verb poll originally meant ‘cut someone’s hair’, a clear extension of the notion of ‘top’ or ‘head’ (the derived pollard [16] denotes an ‘animal with its horns removed’ or a ‘tree with its top branches cut off’); this later developed to ‘cut evenly across’, which is what the poll of deed poll means (originally it was a legal agreement cut evenly across, signifying that only one person was party to it – agreements made between two or more people were cut with a wavy line).
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poll (n.)

"head," early 14c., polle "hair of the head; piece of fur from the head of an animal," also "head," from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pol "head, top." Sense extended early 14c. to "person, individual." Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1620s, from notion of "counting heads;" meaning "survey of public opinion" is first recorded 1902. Poll tax, literally "head tax," is from 1690s. Literal use in English tends toward the part of the head where the hair grows.

poll (v.1)

"to take the votes of," 1620s, from poll (n.). Related: Polled; polling. A deed poll "deed executed by one party only," is from earlier verbal meaning "cut the hair of," because the deed was cut straight rather than indented (see indent).

poll (v.2)

"to cut, trim," late 14c., "to cut short the hair" (of an animal or person), from poll (n.). Of trees or plants from 1570s. Related: Polled; polling.

Poll

fem. proper name, short for Polly. Noted from 1620s as a parrot's name.

1. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday.

他会为昨天公布的电话民意调查结果感到鼓舞。

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2. The poll canvassed the views of almost eighty economists.

民意调查征询了将近80位经济学家的意见。

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3. Labour was top of the poll with forty-six percent.

工党以46%的得票数高居首位。

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4. An independent opinion poll published today shows growing discontent with the government.

今天发表的一项独立民意测验表明民众对政府的不满正与日俱增。

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5. A national poll shows the presidential race in a dead heat.

一项全国民意调查显示总统竞选相持不下。

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