ramrod

名词推弹杆，严厉的负责人

形容词严厉的，生硬的

及物动词迫使接受

1. （枪的）通条，洗杆，装药棒，推弹杆
    A ramrod is 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.

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2. （坐姿或立姿）非常僵直地，直挺挺地
    If someone sits or stands like a ramrod or straight as a ramrod, they have a very straight back and appear rather stiff and formal.

    e.g. ...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
    e.g. ...his dashing military moustache and straight-as-a-ramrod back.
           他那翘起的小胡子和笔直的背部

3. （身体）笔直的，僵直的
    If someone has a ramrod back or way of standing, they have a very straight back and hold themselves in a rather stiff and formal way.

    e.g. 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。

1. The children are sitting at their desks ramrod straight, hands clasped behind their backs.

2. The tempura is next, and the prawns are appropriately large and ramrod straight.

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