pole-axe, pole-ax /'psvl aeks; 'polz2eks/ n 1 (hist) axe for use in war, with a long handle. (史) 長(zhǎng)柄戰(zhàn)斧; 鉞。 2 butcher's implement for slaughtering cattle. (K 牲畜用的) 居斧。 vt [VP6A] strike down with a ~; (fig) slaughter; destroy. 以斧砍倒; (喻) 屠殺; 摧毀。