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单词 meterod
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meterodn.

Forms: late Middle English metrodde, 1500s meterod, 1500s meterodde, 1500s metrod.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mete v.1, rod n.1
Etymology: < mete v.1 + rod n.1; compare Middle Dutch mēteroede , meetroede (Dutch meetroede ), Middle Low German mēterōde , Old High German mezruota (Middle High German mezruote , German Messrute ). Compare earlier meteyard n., metewand n.
Obsolete.
A measuring rod. Also figurative: a criterion.
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1473 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 82 (MED) Pro greas, tallow, et pakthred, pro carpentariis ac metroddes, et pro j situla pro fonte cementariorum, 15 d.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xl. 5 The meterodde that he had in his honde, was six cubites longe and a spanne.
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 15/1 A metrod, to measure the land with.
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xli. 92 Measured by the meterod of affection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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