- n. 棒；枝条；荆条；拷打；杆
名复: rods
rod
KK:[rɑd] DJ:[rɒd]
n.
- 棒，杆，竿[C]
- 枝条，柳条[C]
- （拷打用的）荆条，棍棒[C]
- 拷打，惩罚[the S]
- 杆（长度单位，等于5.5码）
- 权杖[C]
- 权力，权威；专制统治[the S]
短语
kiss the rod
- 甘心受罚
辨析
同义:
n.杆，棒，枪刺，棍，茎
stick staff pike baton cane alpenstock crutch rattan sceptre wand standard shaft pole post barn.鞭，藤，鞭打，猛烈的一击
switch cane birch whip scourge cowhide knoutn.纠正，纪律，惩罚
correction discipline punishment chastisement castigation chastening reprimandn.优势，压制，控制，掌握，规则，权威
domination suppression control grip grasp hold oppression authority sway dominion sovereignty supreme power command mastery同义参见:
stem1 pole1以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
n.
- a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.
- a fishing rod.
- a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush. ▸ (the rod) the use of a stick for caning or flogging.
- historical, chiefly Brit. another term for perch3 (in sense 1). ▸ (also square rod) another term for perch3 (in sense 2).
- US informal a pistol or revolver.
- Anatomy one of two types of light-sensitive cell present in the retina of the eye, responsible mainly for monochrome vision in poor light. Compare with cone (in sense 3).
Phrase
- make a rod for one's own back
do something likely to cause difficulties for oneself later. - rule someone/thing with a rod of iron
control or govern someone or something very harshly.
Derivative
- rodless adj.
- rodlet n.
- rod-like adj.
Etymology
OE rodd; prob. rel. to ON rudda ‘club’.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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