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dance around the maypole
maypole 是可数名词，复数形式为 maypoles。
The children danced around the maypole on May Day.
孩子们在五朔节围着五朔节花柱跳舞。
五朔节花柱
maypoles — plural of maypole
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
五朔节花柱
a tall decorated pole that people dance around on May Day
The children danced around the maypole on May Day.
孩子们在五朔节围着五朔节花柱跳舞。
装饰彩带的柱子,人们手持彩带环绕跳舞以庆祝五朔节。
A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
身材很高的女孩或年轻女子。
A very tall girl or young lady.
某些园丁鸟的求偶亭中,围绕小树放置的类似五朔节花柱的枝条结构。
A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
Dancers hold ribbons and move around the maypole in a circle.
舞者们拿着丝带绕着五朔节花柱围成一圈移动。
The children decorated the maypole with flowers and long ribbons.
孩子们用鲜花和长丝带装饰五朔节花柱。
In our town, the maypole stands in the center of the park all spring.
在我们镇上，五朔节花柱整个春天都立在公园中央。
maypole 是可数名词，复数形式为 maypoles。
The children danced around the maypole on May Day.
孩子们在五朔节围着五朔节花柱跳舞。
decorate ... with sth 表示“用某物装饰……”。
They decorated the maypole with colorful streamers.
他们用彩色饰带装饰五朔节花柱。
Not this
The children danced around maypole.
Use this
The children danced around the maypole.
maypole 是可数名词，单数在特指时必须有冠词；这里指特定的那根五朔节花柱，所以用 the。汉语没有冠词，因此学习者容易漏掉，但英语中 around the maypole 才完整。
Not this
They decorated five maypole for the festival.
Use this
They decorated five maypoles for the festival.
maypole 是可数名词，five 后要用复数形式 maypoles，加 -s。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以学习者容易漏掉，但英语数词后必须用复数。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
绕着五朔节花柱跳舞
Children in bright clothes danced around the maypole on May Day.
孩子们在五朔节那天穿着鲜艳的衣服绕着花柱跳舞。
五朔节花柱舞
The maypole dance is a traditional English folk dance.
五朔节花柱舞是一种传统的英国民间舞蹈。
五朔节花柱彩带
The maypole ribbons twisted together as the dancers moved.
舞者们移动时，五朔节花柱的彩带缠绕在一起。
装饰五朔节花柱
They spent the morning decorating the maypole with flowers and ribbons.
他们花了一上午用鲜花和彩带装饰五朔节花柱。
五朔节花柱
The village set up a May Day maypole on the green.
村里在草地上竖起了一根五朔节花柱。
当快乐的少女们嬉戏时，五朔节花柱立在林中空地上。
This is a lyric from 'The Lusty Month of May' in the 1960 Broadway musical Camelot, celebrating traditional May Day festivities.
这是1960年百老汇音乐剧《卡美洛》中《快乐的五月》的一句歌词，赞美传统五朔节庆祝活动。
Use maypoles naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆：may=五月，pole=杆子，五朔节人们围着缠彩带的杆子跳舞。
语域：neutral 常见场景：May Day celebrations、folk dance events、cultural heritage discussions 通常用于讲述五朔节或传统节庆活动，比较常见于介绍英国等欧洲民俗文化时的语境；日常口语中较少单独使用。
与 maypole 押韵的词有 pole、whole、role、goal、coal（词尾音为 /əʊl/ 或 /oʊl/）。maple（/ˈmeɪpəl/）虽然拼写相近，但结尾是 /əl/，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.