Слово англійською: rod
Іменник
Переклад rod українською: брусо́к, прут (па́лиця і т. д.), лози́на, шату́н, ву́дка
Детальний опис
- (often used in compounds) a long straight piece of wood, metal or glass
- The concrete is reinforced with steel rods.
- I finally managed to fix the curtain rods above the windows.
see also lightning rod
(also fishing rod, North American English also fishing pole)
a long wooden or plastic stick with a fishing line and hook attached, used for catching fish- fishing with rod and line
Wordfinder- bait
- bite
- dragnet
- fishing
- fly
- hook
- line
- net
- rod
- trawl
(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.’
- (North American English, slang) a small gun
see also dowsing rod, fuel rod, hot rodWord Originlate 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’.
Idioms make a rod for your own back
- to do something that will cause problems for you in the futureTopics Difficulty and failurec2
a rod/stick to beat somebody with
- a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish somebody
rule (somebody/something) with a rod of iron
- to control a person or a group of people very severely