rod
- IPA[rɒd]
英式
- a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal；a wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power
noun: rod, plural noun: rods
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- 1. a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal concrete walls reinforced with steel rods a curtain rod 同義詞
- ▪ a wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power the royal insignia included the ring, the sceptre, and the rod 同義詞
- ▪ a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush the roof is formed of willow and hazel rods woven between willow rafters
- ▪ a stick used for caning or flogging he swung the rod again in a threatening arc
- ▪ the use of a stick as punishment if you'd been my daughter, you'd have felt the rod 同義詞
- ▪ vulgar slang a man's penis.
- 2. a fishing rod he hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his hands the largest carp ever caught on rod and line in Britain
- ▪ an angler over a hundred rods turned out for the day, including some famous names
- 3. British historical another term for perch
- ▪ another term for perch
- 4. US informal a pistol or revolver.
- 5. 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.
- a motor vehicle that has been specially modified to give it extra power and speed.
- modify (a vehicle or other device) to make it faster or more powerful: I was told the program did an even better job of hot-rodding hardware
Oxford Dictionary
- a motor vehicle that has been specially modified to give it extra power and speed.
- drive a hot rod.
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- a metal rod or wire fixed to an exposed part of a building or other tall structure to divert ...
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- a rod for securing a carpet in the angle between two steps.
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- a rod of a neutron-absorbing substance used to vary the output power of a nuclear reactor.
Oxford Dictionary
- a rod of a neutron-absorbing substance used to vary the output power of a nuclear reactor.
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- a rod connecting two moving parts in a mechanism, especially that between the piston and the ...
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- a rod acting as a tie in a building or other structure, or in the steering gear of a motor vehicle.
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- IPA[räd]
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- a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal: concrete walls reinforced with steel rods a curtain rod
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