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单词 kiss the rod
释义

kiss /kis/

transitive verb
  1. To caress or greet by touching with the lips
  2. (of an inanimate object) to touch gently
intransitive verb
  1. To greet by touching with the lips
  2. (of two people) to press their lips together, esp as an expression of affection or sexual love
  3. To touch lightly
  4. (of snooker or billiard balls) to touch gently while moving
noun
  1. A caress, greeting, etc by touching with the lips
  2. A light touch, esp by a moving snooker ball on another
  3. A melt-in-the-mouth biscuit, etc
  4. A drop of sealing wax
ORIGIN: OE cyssan to kiss, from coss a kiss; Ger küssen, Dan kys; related to choose and gust2

kissˈable adjective

kissˈer noun

  1. A person who kisses
  2. The mouth (slang)

kissˈogram or kissˈagram noun

A service whereby a kiss is delivered to a specific person (eg on their birthday) by a kissogram girl (or man) usu in glamorous or unusual costume

kissˈ-curl noun

A flat, circular curl at the side of the forehead

kissing bug noun

Any of several N and S American biting insects which attack victims' lips and cheeks

kissˈing-comˈfit noun

A perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath

kissing cousin noun

A more or less distant relation with whom one is on familiar enough terms to kiss on meeting

kissˈing-crust noun

That part of the upper crust of a loaf which overhangs and touches another

kissing disease noun (informal)

Glandular fever

kissing gate noun

A gate set in a V- or U-shaped enclosure

kissˈing-strings plural noun

Cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin

kiss-in-the-ringˈ noun

An old game in which one person kisses another after a chase round a ring of players

kissˈ-me or kissˈ-me-quick noun

  1. The wild-pansy or other plant
  2. A short veil
  3. A small bonnet

kiss of death noun (informal)

Something that causes failure, destruction, etc

kissˈ-off noun (slang)

A sudden, usu offensive dismissal

kiss of life noun

  1. In first aid, a mouth-to-mouth method of restoring breathing (cf Schafer's method)
  2. A means of restoring vitality or vigour (figurative)

kiss of peace noun

A kiss of greeting between the members of the early, and some branches of the modern, Church

kiss and make up (informal)

To become reconciled (also kissˈ-and-make-up adjective)

kiss and tell (informal)

To give an exposé of one's sexual adventures (kissˈ-and-tell adjective)

kiss goodbye to (informal)

To relinquish all hope of

kiss hands

To kiss the sovereign's hands on acceptance of office

kiss off (slang)

  1. To dismiss
  2. To kill
  3. To die

kiss (someone's) arse or (N American) ass (slang)

  1. To be obsequious or sycophantic (towards someone)
  2. (in imperative; offensive) get lost, go away

kiss the book

To kiss a Bible or New Testament, in England, after taking a legal oath

kiss the gunner's daughter

To get a flogging, tied to the breech of a cannon

kiss the rod

To submit to punishment

rod /rod/

noun
  1. A long straight shoot
  2. A slender stick
  3. A slender bar of metal or other matter
  4. Such a metal bar forming part of the framework under a railway carriage (see also ride the rods below)
  5. A sceptre or similar emblem of authority
  6. A stick or bunch of twigs as emblem or instrument of punishment
  7. A stick or wand for magic or divination
  8. A riding crop
  9. A slender pole or structure carrying a fishing-line
  10. An angler using this
  11. A measuring stick
  12. A pole or perch (51/2 yards, or 161/2 feet)
  13. A square pole (2721/4 sq ft)
  14. (of brickwork) 272 sq ft of standard thickness of 11/2 bricks or 306 cu ft
  15. Race or tribe (Bible)
  16. A rod-shaped body of the retina sensitive to light
  17. A rod-shaped bacterium
  18. A revolver, a pistol (US sl)
  19. The penis (slang)
transitive verb (roddˈing; roddˈed)

To push a rod through (a drain, etc) so as to clear it

ORIGIN: OE rodd; cf ON rudda club

roddˈing noun

rodˈless adjective

rodˈlike adjective

rodˈster noun (archaic)

An angler

rodˈfisher noun

rodˈfishing noun

rodˈman or rodsˈman noun

A person who holds, carries or uses a rod, esp an angler

rod puppet noun

A glove puppet held on one hand, its arms being manipulated by rods held in the other hand

a rod in pickle

Punishment in reserve

kiss the rod

To accept punishment with submission

make a rod for one's own back

To do something that will cause problems for oneself at a later date

Napier's rods see under Napierian

ride the rods (old US)

To travel illegally on the railway, supporting oneself on the rods of railway carriages
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