| 词汇 | rod |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： O.E. rodd "a rod, pole," related to O.N. rudda "club," of unknown origin. Figurative sense of "offshoot" (1460) led to Biblical meaning "scion, tribe." As an instrument of punishment, attested from c.1150; also used figuratively for "correction, punishment" from notion of beating someone with a stick. As a unit of measure (5.5 yards or 16.5 feet, also called perch or pole) first attested 1450. As a measure of area, "a square perch," from c.1477. Meaning "light-sensitive cell in a retina" is from 1866, so-called for its shape. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1902; that of "gun, revolver" is from 1903. 词根记忆： n. 杆,棒The soda made the goddess nod by the fishing rod.苏打使女神在钓竿旁打盹. |
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