rod

(树的)枝条; 荆条

杆, 棒(钓杆、标尺、避雷针等); 测杆; 金属条; 轴;【微】杆状体, 杆菌;【解】视网膜杆

笞鞭; 教鞭; 惩罚

笏, 节(标志职权的棍杖); 权势; 暴政

(长度单位)杆(=5.5码或5.03公尺); 平方杆(=30.25平方码)

[美俚](左轮)手枪

钓鱼者

家系, 世系; 种族 (基督教《圣经》用语)

(=hot rod)[美俚]旧汽车改装的跑车

rod

a slim cylinder of metal, wood, etc; stick or shaft

a switch or bundle of switches used to administer corporal punishment

any of various staffs of insignia or office

power, esp of a tyrannical kind

a straight slender shoot, stem, or cane of a woody plant

See fishing rod

Also called: pole Also called: perch a unit of length equal to 5½ yards.a unit of square measure equal to 301⁄4 square yards

a straight narrow board marked with the dimensions of a piece of joinery, as the spacing of steps on a staircase

a metal shaft that transmits power in axial reciprocating motionSee shaft

another name (esp US) for staff

Also called: retinal rod any of the elongated cylindrical cells in the retina of the eye, containing the visual purple (rhodopsin), which are sensitive to dim light but not to colourSee cone

any rod-shaped bacterium

a slang word for penis

slang name for pistol

short for hot rod