pogo
pogo — 名詞
1. a style of energetic dance first popular in punk rock concerts, where the dancer
龐克舞
雙腳併攏跳的龐克舞
a style of energetic dance first popular in punk rock concerts, where the dancer repeatedly jumps straight up and down keeping both legs together and stiff
At the punk concert, friends started doing the pogo in front of the stage.
在那場龐克演唱會上，朋友們在舞台前方開始跳起龐克舞。
collocation: do the pogo
Élise loved the energy of the pogo, though her knees ached the next morning.
Élise 很喜歡龐克舞的活力，雖然她隔天早上膝蓋痠痛。
The pogo became popular in London's punk clubs during the late nineteen-seventies.
龐克舞在1970年代後期於倫敦的龐克俱樂部中開始流行起來。
Beatrix took a short video of the crowd's pogo to show her younger brother.
Beatrix 拍了一段群眾跳龐克舞的短片，要給她弟弟看。
文法句型
the pogo
do the pogo
用法筆記
This term refers specifically to the dance style named after the pogo stick toy. The dance is closely associated with punk rock music from the late 1970s onward.
2. a small supporting wheel fixed to the underside of an aeroplane's wing that stop
翼尖輪
裝在機翼底部防止傾斜的小輪
a small supporting wheel fixed to the underside of an aeroplane's wing that stops the wing from hitting the ground while the plane is on the runway
The ground crew checked the pogo under the left wing before the plane taxied out.
地勤人員在飛機滑出前檢查了左翼下方的翼尖輪。
collocation: check the pogo
A damaged pogo can cause the wingtip to scrape against the runway surface.
翼尖輪損壞可能導致翼尖摩擦跑道表面。
Rafael inspected the pogo wheel and found a small crack in the rubber tyre.
Rafael 檢查了翼尖輪，發現橡膠輪胎上有一道小裂縫。
Modern aircraft designs sometimes replace the traditional pogo with a retractable support arm.
現代的飛機設計有時會用可收放的支撐臂來取代傳統的翼尖輪。
- wingtip wheel
more common in everyday language; 'pogo' is the technical term used by aviation professionals
文法句型
the pogo
a pogo
用法筆記
This term is used mainly in aviation maintenance and by ground crew. In everyday conversation, 'wingtip wheel' is more common.
pogo — 動詞
1. to travel or bounce along using a pogo stick
玩彈簧單高蹺
玩彈簧單高蹺的動作
to travel or bounce along using a pogo stick
Tariro pogoed down the garden path, bouncing high enough to see over the hedge.
Tariro 沿著花園小徑跳彈簧單高蹺，彈得夠高，能看到籬笆另一邊。
preposition: pogo down [path]
The children took turns trying to pogo across the driveway without falling off.
孩子們輪流嘗試跳彈簧單高蹺橫越車道，而且要設法不掉下來。
Kian had never learned to pogo and kept losing his balance on the stick.
Kian 從沒學過跳彈簧單高蹺，老是站在桿子上失去平衡。
At the park, Marta was pogoing across the grass so happily that her mother clapped along.
在公園裡，Marta 很開心地在草地上玩著彈簧單高蹺，她媽媽在旁邊拍手。
- bounce
more general; 'pogo' is specific to the toy
文法句型
pogo + adverb/preposition
用法筆記
This verb is less common in everyday speech than the phrase 'bounce on a pogo stick'. It is used mainly in informal contexts describing children's play.
常見錯誤
2. to dance by springing repeatedly off the floor with both feet kept together and
跳龐克舞
雙腳併攏上下跳的龐克舞蹈動作
to dance by springing repeatedly off the floor with both feet kept together and legs straight, a style linked to punk rock shows
The whole crowd began to pogo when the band played their most famous song.
當樂團演奏他們最有名的歌曲時，全場群眾開始跳起龐克舞。
intransitive: crowd began to pogo
Emma and her cousin spent the evening pogoing in front of the rock club's speakers.
Emma 和她的表親在搖滾俱樂部的喇叭前跳了一整晚的龐克舞。
My father says he used to pogo at punk gigs back in nineteen eighty-two.
我父親說他在1982年時的龐克演出中常常跳龐克舞。
The singer told everyone to pogo, and the floor shook with the jumping.
歌手叫大家跳龐克舞，地板隨著跳動而震動。
- jump up and down
more general; 'pogo' implies the specific straight-leg style and punk-music context
文法句型
pogo + adverb/preposition
start to pogo
crowd + pogo
用法筆記
This verb is most naturally used in the context of punk or rock concerts. It is not used for other kinds of dancing.