rood

• n. （基督受难的）十字架；基督受难像；（英）路德（长度和面积单位）
• n. (Rood)人名；(英)鲁德

来自中古英语 rood,来自古英语 rod,杆，柱，绞刑架，受难十字架，来自 Proto-Germanic*rodo, 杆，柱，来自 PIE*rot,杆，柱。可能与 rod 同源。

rood

rood: see rod

rood (n.)

Old English rod "pole," varying from 6 to 8 yards; also "cross," especially that upon which Christ suffered; "crucifix," especially a large one; also a measure of land, properly 40 square poles or perches, from Proto-Germanic *rod- (cognates: Old Saxon ruoda "stake, pile, cross," Old Frisian rode, Middle Dutch roede, Old High German ruota, German Rute "rod"), from PIE *ret- "post" (cognates: Latin ratis "raft," retae "trees standing on the bank of a stream;" Old Church Slavonic ratiste "spear, staff;" Lithuanian rekles "scaffolding"). Probably not connected with rod.

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2. My cousins and I live under the same rood.

我和我表兄弟们住在同一栋房子里.

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3. Traffic has been a lot smoother since the rood was broadened.

自从道路扩宽之后,交通顺畅了许多.

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4. By the Rood, steward , death is but an inch distant from thee.

这句意思是说:仆役(盖), 我敢肯定你现在与死亡近在咫尺.

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5. He glutted himself with rich rood.

他吃了太多油腻的食物.

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