pylon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ldoce_276_apy·lon /ˈpaɪlən $ -lɑːn, -lən/ noun [countable] 1. TPEa tall metal structure that supports wires carrying electricity 高压电线架，电缆塔2. 
American EnglishTTR one of a set of plastic cones placed on a road to control traffic and protect people working there 〔放置在道路上控制交通并保护路上工作人员的〕圆锥形警示路标
American EnglishTTR one of a set of plastic cones placed on a road to control traffic and protect people working there 〔放置在道路上控制交通并保护路上工作人员的〕圆锥形警示路标Examples from the Corpus
pylon• For selection, a pylon is a minor provocation.• The skyline is dominated not by spires, but pylons.• There is nothing uglier than a redundant ski-tow out of season, with its pylons marching up a scarred, broken hillside.• A crew chief and gunner in the pockets behind them manned the two machine guns on the new pylon mounts.• Near the bottom, the trail swooped around the pylons of a chair lift.• Each stood at the ready, one eye on the pylon, the other on my raised arm.• What on earth can Mr Hague do to stop the pylons?• They position their pylons anywhere they choose and act as though they were still the strategic industry that they were once defined as.Origin pylon (1800-1900) Greek “gateway”, from pyle “gate”py·lon nounChineseSyllable
wires that structure electricity metal supports Corpus a tall carrying
pylon
py‧lon /ˈpaɪlən $ -lɑːn, -lən/
noun [countable]
2. American English one of a set of plastic cones placed on a road to control traffic and protect people working there
py‧lon /ˈpaɪlən $ -lɑːn, -lən/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: 'gateway', from pyle 'gate'
1. a tall metal structure that supports wires carrying electricityLanguage: Greek
Origin: 'gateway', from pyle 'gate'
2. American English one of a set of plastic cones placed on a road to control traffic and protect people working there