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rod

A2 noun
us /ɹɑd/

Các nghĩa

  1. que · cần · gậy

    A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

    The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it.

  2. sào, cọc

    A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

  3. cần · cần câu

    A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

    When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.

  4. roi, gậy

    A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.

    So was I brought up: they tell mee, that in all my youth, I never felt rod [translating verges] but twice, and that very lightly.

  5. roi

    An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.

    The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod.

  6. thước đo

    A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.

    I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.

  7. sào đo đạc

    An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.

  8. thanh truyền

    A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.

    The engine threw a rod, and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions.

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