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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Other sports, Outdoor, Human
rod /rɒd $ rɑːd/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1 TBCa long thin pole or bar 杆;竿;棒steel/iron/wooden etc rod The walls are reinforced with steel rods. 墙体都用钢筋加固。 a measuring rod 测量杆2. fishing_equipment.jpg DSODLOa long thin pole used with a line and hook for catching fish 钓竿 SYN fishing rod4  See picture of 见图 FISHING hot rod, lightning rod, → rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule2(5)
Examples from the Corpus
rodSamples can be hung on a rod, in slotted pockets or placed on a lectern.He was adept with his hands, a talented artist, and a skilled fisherman who made his own flies and rods.The organization quickly built the largest membership of any rod and gun club in Arizona.A further use of carbon rod is for sail battens to control flutter, or to improve sail shape.The central rod is known as the Sushumna and corresponds to the spinal column.a curtain roda fishing rodHe fails to make it, for I make an equally massive surge with the rod in the opposite direction.The rods are held by tapered sections connected to the bottom boom of the gable frame.As is the norm with most modern acoustics, the truss rod is again adjusted from inside the soundhole.steel/iron/wooden etc rodThe Phantom looks simple: A thimble is attached to a jointed arm made of black steel rods.He hugged the banister, counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall.There is also a matrix of wooden rods, metal pipes, and other objects in various configurations and depths.It led to the birth of the jumper a slender iron rod with a chisel-end forged by the mine smiths.To give it strength in compression and tension, steel rods were embedded in the concrete.The following day, the doctors pin together her bone with three tiny steel rods that will stay in her hand for ever.Each side has a cast iron arch in 7 segments from which the iron trough is hung by 35 wrought iron rods.Tapestries hung from ornamental wrought-iron rods that looked like antique weaponry.
Origin rod Old English rodd
rod nounChinese
Corpus a long thin bar pole or


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rod
rod /rɒd $ rɑːd/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: rodd
1. a long thin pole or bar
    steel/iron/wooden etc rod
    The walls are reinforced with steel rods.
    a measuring rod
2.
  a long thin pole used with a line and hook for catching fish
   SYN  fishing rod
hot rod, lightning rod, ⇨ rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule2(5)


rodBrE /rɒd/ 🔊NAmE /rɑːd/ 🔊 noun
(often used in compounds 常用于构成复合词) a long straight piece of wood, metal or glass 杆;竿;棒   see also lightning rod (1)
= fishing rod fishing with rod and line用鱼竿钓鱼

bait, bite, dragnet, fishing, fly, hook, line, net, rod, trawl

(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。”🔊🔊(NAmE, slang) a small gun 手枪
make a rod for your own ˈbackto do sth that will cause problems for you in the future 自找麻烦;自讨苦吃a rod/stick to ˈbeat sb witha fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish sb 用以责备或惩罚某人的事实依据(或把柄等)rule (sb/sth) with a rod of ˈironto control a person or a group of people very severely 残酷统治;严厉控制