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
  Aramrodis 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 standslike a ramrodorstraight as a ramrod, they have a very straight back and appear rather stiff and formal.
  1. ...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
  2. ...his dashing military moustache and straight-as-a-ramrod back.
     他那翘起的小胡子和笔直的背部
• ADJ （身体）笔直的，僵直的
  If someone has aramrodback or way of standing, they have a very straight back and hold themselves in a rather stiff and formal way.
  1. 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。
  2. Ramrodis also an adverb.
     
  3. At 75, she's still ramrod straight.
     她已经75岁了，腰板仍然笔直。

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。