ramrods
英 [ˈræmrɒdz]
美 [ˈræmˌrɑdz]
n. (旧时用以将火药推进枪支的)推弹杆，通条
ramrod的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- （枪的）通条，洗杆，装药棒，推弹杆
A ramrod is a long, thin rod which can be used for pushing something into a narrow tube. Ramrods were used, for example, for forcing an explosive substance down the barrel of an old-fashioned gun, or for cleaning the barrel of a gun. - PHRASE （坐姿或立姿）非常僵直地，直挺挺地
If someone sits or stands like a ramrod or straight as a ramrod, they have a very straight back and appear rather stiff and formal.- ...a woman with iron grey hair, high cheekbones and a figure like a ramrod.
一位铁灰色头发、高颧骨、腰板笔直的女士 - ...his dashing military moustache and straight-as-a-ramrod back.
他那翘起的小胡子和笔直的背部
- ...a woman with iron grey hair, high cheekbones and a figure like a ramrod.
- ADJ （身体）笔直的，僵直的
If someone has a ramrod back or way of standing, they have a very straight back and hold themselves in a rather stiff and formal way.- 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。 - Ramrod is also an adverb.
- At 75, she's still ramrod straight.
她已经75岁了，腰板仍然笔直。
- I don't have the ramrod posture I had when I was in the Navy.
双语例句
- Unfortunately he got in the way of the volley and was transfixed by a ramrod: eighteen soldiers had failed to remove their ramrods from the barrels before firing.
大家开枪时，他不巧走到射程之内，被一枝推弹杆射中：有十八名士兵开枪前忘了拿出推弹杆。