ramrod.
拉杆,铁杆,拉杆式,杆子
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- ›a cleaning rod for the barrel of a firearm.
- ›a strict disciplinarian; martinet.
v.verb · 有主动词
- 1.
ram·rod·ded, ram·rod·ding.
- ›to exert discipline and authority on.
- ›to strike or injure with or as if with a ramrod.
- ›to accomplish or put into action by force, intimidation, etc.: to ramrod a bill through Congress.
Examples
Her diaries, released much later, revealed a far more passionate woman than the ramrod-backed public image allows.
Huffman says Bunny is a tall, slim presence with ramrod-straight bearing.
I ordered Ramrod to clap a charge of grape into one of the bow-chasers and let drive at the first object that came in sight.
Miss Becky, meanwhile, sat erect as a ramrod, a look of perplexity screwing her wrinkles all out of shape.
Ye–es,” said the lad, wincing; “just as if some one was boring a hole through my shoulder with a red-hot ramrod.
“Yes, we have got the guns,” said the boy; and he unslung the one he carried and began to try the charge with the ramrod.
Bones, standing as stiff as a ramrod before the office table at which his superior sat, saluted.