rod
/rɒd/noun
1
- a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal（尤指木质或金属的）杆; 竿; 棒。
1.1
- a wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power权杖; 权力; 权势; 专制统治。
1.2
- a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush枝条; 柳条。
1.3
- a stick used for caning or flogging（鞭打用的）笞鞭, 荆条, 棍棒。
1.4
the rod
the use of such a stick as punishment鞭笞, 杖责; 惩罚：if you'd been my daughter, you'd have felt the rod.
如果你是我的女儿, 你早就尝过鞭笞的滋味了。
1.5
- vulgar slang a man's penis〈粗俚〉阴茎。
2
- a fishing rod钓竿。
2.1
- an angler钓鱼者。
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4
- US informal a pistol or revolver〈美, 非正式〉（左轮）手枪。
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- Anatomy a light-sensitive cell of one of the two types present in large numbers in the retina of the eye, responsible mainly for monochrome vision in poor light【剖】视网膜杆。比较CONE（义项3）。
短语
kiss the rod
- 见KISS.
make a rod for one's own back
- do something likely to cause difficulties for oneself later自讨苦吃, 自找麻烦。
rule someone or something with a rod of iron
- control or govern someone or something very strictly or harshly严加控制; 对…实行专制统治。
spare the rod and spoil the child
- proverb if children are not physically punished when they do wrong their personal development will suffer〈谚〉孩子不打不成器。
派生词
rodless
adjectiverodlet
nounrod-like
adjective词源
late 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'.