ramrod
英 ['ræmrɒd]
美['ræm'rɑd]
- n. 推弹杆；死板的人
- adj. 生硬的
- vt. 迫使接受
词态变化
复数: ramrods;
中文词源
ramrod 通条
ram,撞，rod,杆。
英文词源
- ramrod (n.)
- 1757, literally "a rod used in ramming" (the charge of a gun), from ram (v.) + rod. Used figuratively for straightness or stiffness from 1939, also figuratively for formality, primness (ramroddy is in Century Dictionary, 1902). The verb is 1948, from the noun. Related: Ramrodded; ramrodding.
双语例句
- 1. At 75, she's still ramrod straight.
- 她已经75岁了，腰板仍然笔直。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't have the ramrod posture I had when I was in the Navy.
- 我现在没有当海军时那样笔挺的身姿了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The soldiers stood at ramrod attention.
- 士兵们笔直地立正.
来自辞典例句
- 4. She sat there stiff as a ramrod.
- 她笔直地端坐在那儿.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Xiangzi stood there , straight as a ramrod . As usual , he could think of nothing to say.
- 祥子直挺挺的立在那里, 没有一句话可说.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子