rod

rod
noun

a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal
（尤指木质或金属的）杆；竿；棒
■a wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power
权杖；权力；权势；专制统治
■a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush
枝条；柳条
■a stick used for caning or flogging
（鞭打用的）笞鞭，荆条，棍棒
■(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。
■(vulgar slang)a man's penis
(粗俚)阴茎
a fishing rod
钓竿
■an angler
钓鱼者
(historical, chiefly Brit.). another term for perch (in sense 1)
(史，主英)。同 perch（义项1）
■(亦作 square rod). another term for perch (in sense 2)
同 perch（义项2）
(US informal)a pistol or revolver
(美，非正式)（左轮）手枪
(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）

常用词组
kiss the rod

make a rod for one's own back

rule someone or something with a rod of iron

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
rodless
adjective
rodlet
noun
rod-like
adjective
语源

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'

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