rod
noun/rɒd/
/rɑːd/
Idioms 
enlarge image(often used in compounds) a long straight piece of wood, metal or glass杆；竿；棒 - The concrete is reinforced with steel rods.
混凝土是用钢棒加固的。 - I finally managed to fix the curtain rods above the windows.
我终于把窗帘杆固定在窗户上方了。
Extra Examples- After the accident she had an operation to put strengthening rods in her legs.
事故发生后，她接受了手术，在腿上植入了加强棒。 - He heated the end of the iron rod.
他加热了铁棒的末端。 - a glass fibre rod 2 or 3 mm in diameter
直径 2 或 3 毫米的玻璃纤维棒
- The concrete is reinforced with steel rods.
- (also fishing rod, North American English also fishing pole)a long wooden or plastic stick with a fishing line and hook attached, used for catching fish
钓竿 - fishing with rod and line
用鱼竿钓鱼
Wordfinder- bait
- bite
- dragnet
- fishing
- fly
- hook
- line
- net
- rod
- trawl
- fishing with rod and line
- (also the rod)(old-fashioned) a stick that is used for hitting people as a punishment
（责打人用的）棍棒 - There used to be a saying: ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
老话说：“孩子不打不成器。”
- There used to be a saying: ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
- (North American English, slang) a small gun
手枪 see also dowsing rod, fuel rod, hot rod
Word Originlate Old English rodd ‘slender shoot growing on or cut from a tree’, also ‘straight stick or bundle of twigs used to inflict punishment’; probably related to Old Norse rudda ‘club’.
Idioms
make a rod for your own back
- to do something that will cause problems for you in the future
自找麻烦；自讨苦吃
a rod/stick to beat somebody with
- a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish somebody
用以责备或惩罚某人的事实依据（或把柄等）
rule (somebody/something) with a rod of iron
- to control a person or a group of people very severely
残酷统治；严厉控制