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。
中文词源
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.
双语例句
1. Not a rood remained to him.
没有寸土留给他.
来自辞典例句
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.
来自互联网
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.
