rod
US: /ˈɹɑd/
UK: /ɹˈɒd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
rod /rɔd/- danh từ
- cái que, cái gậy, cái cần
- cái roi, bó roi; (nghĩa bóng) sự trừng phạt (the rod) sự dùng đến voi vọt
- gậy quyền
- cần câu ((cũng) fishing rod)
- người câu cá ((cũng) rod man)
- sào (đơn vị đo chiều dài của Anh bằng khoảng gần 5 m)
- (sinh vật học) vi khuẩn que; cấu tạo hình que
- (từ lóng) súng lục
- (kỹ thuật) thanh, cần, thanh kéo, tay đòn
- to have a rod in pickle for somebody
- (xem) pickle
- to kiss the rod
- (xem) kiss
- to make a rod for one's own back
- tự chuốc lấy sự phiền toái vào thân
- to rule with a rod of iron
- (xem) rule
- spare the rod and spoil the child
- (tục ngữ) yêu cho vọt, ghét cho chơi
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 (often used in compounds) a long straight piece of wood, metal or glass
See also -
2 = FISHING ROD: fishing with rod and line
3 (also the rod) (old-fashioned) a stick that is used for hitting people as a punishment: There used to be a saying:
'Spare the rod and spoil the child.'
4 (AmE, slang) a small gun
Idioms: make a rod for your own back to do sth that will cause problems for you in the future
more at BEAT v., RULE v.(also rod) (AmE also fishing pole)
+ noun
a long wooden or plastic stick with a fishing line and hook attached, that is used for catching fish
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 bar, pole, baton, wand, staff, stick, dowel, cane, shaft:
Steel rods are used to reinforce the concrete in modern buildings.
2 cane, birch, switch, scourge, lash; punishment, chastisement, castigation, discipline, chastening, correction:
As they say, spare the rod and spoil the child.
Concise dictionary
rodsrɑd /rɒdnoun
+a linear measure of 16.5 feet
+a long thin implement made of metal or wood
+any rod-shaped bacterium
+a square rod of land
+visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light
+a gangster's pistol
