n.

1. 棒，桿，竿[C]
   The rod bent as he pulled in the fish.

   當他把魚拉上來時，魚竿都彎了。

2. 枝條，柳條[C]
3. （拷打用的）荊條，棍棒[C]
   Spare the rod, spoil the child.

   不打不成器。

   I knew I was in trouble when I was taken to the garage with a rod.

   當我被人拿著棍棒趕到車庫時，我知道我惹下麻煩了。

4. 拷打，懲罰[the S]
   What do you think of the old saying: "Spare the rod, spoil the child."?

   你對"孩子不打不成器"這句老話有什麼看法？

5. 桿（長度單位，等於5.5碼）
6. 權杖[C]
7. 權力，權威；專制統治[the S]

n.

1. a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.
2. a fishing rod.
3. a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush.
   ▸ (the rod) the use of a stick for caning or flogging.
4. historical, chiefly Brit. another term for perch³ (in sense ¹).
   ▸ (also square rod) another term for perch³ (in sense ²).
5. US informal a pistol or revolver.
6. Anatomy  one of two types of light-sensitive cell present in the retina of the eye, responsible mainly for monochrome vision in poor light. Compare with cone (in sense ³).

[名]

1. 伸縮自如的西式釣魚桿。