來自中古英語 rood,來自古英語 rod,桿，柱，絞刑架，受難十字架，來自 Proto-Germanic*rodo, 桿，柱，來自 PIE*rot,桿，柱?？赡芘c rod 同源。
英文詞源
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.
雙語例句
1. Not a rood remained to him.
沒有寸土留給他.
來自辭典例句
2. My cousins and I live under the same rood.
我和我表兄弟們住在同一棟房子里.
來自互聯網
3. Traffic has been a lot smoother since the rood was broadened.
自從道路擴寬之后,交通順暢了許多.
來自互聯網
4. By the Rood, steward , death is but an inch distant from thee.