单词 | rodlike |
释义 | rodlikeadj. Resembling a rod; shaped like a rod. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow > like a rod, reed, etc. stalky1552 strawish1562 rush-like1578 reeden1597 rodlike1611 virgated1752 vargeous1779 switchy1810 sudiform1822 reedy1834 rodded1841 pencillous1850 junciform1855 rhabdoidal1855 rhabdoid1859 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vergé, made of rods, or twigs; also, streaked with long, and rod-like rayes. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 553 Stem spreading, rod-like. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 158 Shrubs or herbs, with rod-like branches. 1877 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 214 An elongated rod-like bone, rather thicker towards its anterior end. 1932 Times 9 May 10/4 A white, diaphanous, rod-like, homogeneous structure that felt cool and moist, a so-called ‘pseudopod’. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xv. 219 The central nervous system..consists of a rodlike tube. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 7 July 38/3 Red spiky sculptures adorn the walls and dozens of rodlike lights hang from the ceiling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611 |
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