Definition of ramrod in English:

ramrod

nounPlural ramrods ˈramrɒdˈræmˌrɑd

1A rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzle-loading firearm.
（前装式枪炮的）推弹杆；通条
Example sentencesExamples
- For the double-ended ramrods, one end is threaded for cleaning attachments and the other end shaped concave for loading a patched round lead ball over 30 grains of powder.
- Stark's regiment loaded the powder and wad into the muzzle of their gun, and with a ramrod forced a musketball into the burning hot barrel of the weapon.
- This lever is hollow to house the shot barrel ramrod, which generally lands on the ground.
- The next step is ensuring an unloaded firearm, which is accomplished with the ramrod as explained earlier.
- Contemporary drill manuals dictated twenty separate steps to load and fire the Bess, including five just to replace the ramrod.
- Another plus on the side of safety is the length of the ramrod, which matches the distance from base of breech to muzzle.
- This produces enough tension to keep the ramrod from wiggling around and cancels the tendency to come loose from the barrel groove under recoil.
- Raven now withdrew a metal ramrod that was set beneath the metal tube, and stared at it.
- ‘Take away the ramrod and you'd barely know it was a muzzleloader,’ Remington Arms says of its Model 700 in-line muzzleloaders.
- I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod.
- Also included is our custom made collapsible brass and wood ramrod that tucks neatly into the fore-end when not in use and a wrench for easy removal of the breech plug for both safety and easy cleaning.
- We both rammed the ball down at the same time, throwing the ramrod over our shoulders carelessly.
- Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod.
1. 1.1 Used in similes and metaphors to describe an erect or rigid posture.
  用于明喻和暗喻（人的姿态的）僵直，死板
  he held himself ramrod straight
  他身体笔直地站着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The magazine that was in my hand flew from my hand and up I stood like a ramrod and trampled out into the stairwell.
  She turned her back to Maura, her spine ramrod straight.
  Walking over to the wall, he pulled his body gracefully up and sat down with his back ramrod straight.
  He walks over to his locker, stiff-legged, his back ramrod straight, and grabs his change of clothes.
  With his back ramrod straight, he balances a heavy water jug on his head, spilling not a drop, and turns to trudge up the hill.
  He was walking back over to his car, back ramrod straight.
  She was sitting ramrod straight in her chair, with perfect posture, of course.
  When the visit was over and Biden started to leave, a young girl stood ramrod straight at her desk and said, ‘You cannot leave.’
  He handed over his passport to the ramrod stiff guard in the booth and waited.
  With his ramrod posture and off-the-cuff New York delivery, Dean did not meet that need.
  I lay down beside him on my back, stiff as a ramrod, praying he wasn't going to do what he did.
  Jillie tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked to her car, her back ramrod straight, feeling his eyes boring into her with every step she took.
  He sat ramrod straight and stared straight ahead.
  Every time he appeared on screen, with his ramrod straight posture and gaze of steel, my friends and I would burst out laughing.
  She glared and him from one step down, her back ramrod straight.
  On Mondays her hair is crumpled and unbrushed, she is slumped in her seat (unlike her usual ramrod posture), and she looks paler than a corpse in a coffin.
  He glanced at the girl next to him, holding her head so regally and high, her back ramrod straight.
  Sitting ramrod straight in an armchair in the sitting room of the London hotel where she is staying, she replies that she had forgotten she had written that.
  Her body was ramrod straight, stiff with tension.
  Blackstone entered, his back ramrod straight, as if he were still in the military.
  Synonyms
  phallus, erect penis
2North American A foreman or manager, especially one who is a strict disciplinarian.
〈北美〉（尤指严厉的）工头；领班；主管人
he was ramrod for the construction of the Apollo command module
Synonyms
supervisor, overseer, superintendent, manager, boss, team leader, line manager, controller

verbramrodding, ramrods, ramrodded ˈramrɒdˈræmˌrɑd

[with object]ramrod something throughNorth American

Force a proposed measure to be accepted or completed quickly.
〈主美〉强使通过（提议的措施）；迫使接受（提议的措施）
they ramrodded through legislation voiding the court injunctions
他们强行立法废止法院禁令。
Example sentencesExamples
- Significantly, it was ramrodded through Smith & Wesson when a gun-smart woman, Sherry Collins, was in charge of the company's marketing.
- I am dismayed that once again a condo project has been ramrodded through without any democratic consultation.
- While the vote shows that the pan-blue camp will no longer be able to ramrod its proposals through the legislature, the pan-green camp will still have to battle to get its legislative platform enacted.
- It shows that she is interested only in ramrodding it through Parliament, come what may.
- They resisted the efforts of the Berskshire Sports & Entertainment group (BS&E) formed to ramrod the stadium through.

Definition of ramrod in US English:

ramrod

nounˈramˌrädˈræmˌrɑd

1A rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
（前装式枪炮的）推弹杆；通条
Example sentencesExamples
- We both rammed the ball down at the same time, throwing the ramrod over our shoulders carelessly.
- Also included is our custom made collapsible brass and wood ramrod that tucks neatly into the fore-end when not in use and a wrench for easy removal of the breech plug for both safety and easy cleaning.
- Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod.
- Stark's regiment loaded the powder and wad into the muzzle of their gun, and with a ramrod forced a musketball into the burning hot barrel of the weapon.
- Raven now withdrew a metal ramrod that was set beneath the metal tube, and stared at it.
- The next step is ensuring an unloaded firearm, which is accomplished with the ramrod as explained earlier.
- Contemporary drill manuals dictated twenty separate steps to load and fire the Bess, including five just to replace the ramrod.
- This lever is hollow to house the shot barrel ramrod, which generally lands on the ground.
- Another plus on the side of safety is the length of the ramrod, which matches the distance from base of breech to muzzle.
- This produces enough tension to keep the ramrod from wiggling around and cancels the tendency to come loose from the barrel groove under recoil.
- ‘Take away the ramrod and you'd barely know it was a muzzleloader,’ Remington Arms says of its Model 700 in-line muzzleloaders.
- I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod.
- For the double-ended ramrods, one end is threaded for cleaning attachments and the other end shaped concave for loading a patched round lead ball over 30 grains of powder.
1. 1.1 Used in similes and metaphors to describe someone's erect or rigid posture.
  用于明喻和暗喻（人的姿态的）僵直，死板
  he held himself ramrod straight
  他身体笔直地站着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jillie tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked to her car, her back ramrod straight, feeling his eyes boring into her with every step she took.
  He glanced at the girl next to him, holding her head so regally and high, her back ramrod straight.
  Her body was ramrod straight, stiff with tension.
  Every time he appeared on screen, with his ramrod straight posture and gaze of steel, my friends and I would burst out laughing.
  When the visit was over and Biden started to leave, a young girl stood ramrod straight at her desk and said, ‘You cannot leave.’
  I lay down beside him on my back, stiff as a ramrod, praying he wasn't going to do what he did.
  With his back ramrod straight, he balances a heavy water jug on his head, spilling not a drop, and turns to trudge up the hill.
  She glared and him from one step down, her back ramrod straight.
  He was walking back over to his car, back ramrod straight.
  She was sitting ramrod straight in her chair, with perfect posture, of course.
  He handed over his passport to the ramrod stiff guard in the booth and waited.
  He sat ramrod straight and stared straight ahead.
  With his ramrod posture and off-the-cuff New York delivery, Dean did not meet that need.
  Walking over to the wall, he pulled his body gracefully up and sat down with his back ramrod straight.
  The magazine that was in my hand flew from my hand and up I stood like a ramrod and trampled out into the stairwell.
  Blackstone entered, his back ramrod straight, as if he were still in the military.
  On Mondays her hair is crumpled and unbrushed, she is slumped in her seat (unlike her usual ramrod posture), and she looks paler than a corpse in a coffin.
  She turned her back to Maura, her spine ramrod straight.
  He walks over to his locker, stiff-legged, his back ramrod straight, and grabs his change of clothes.
  Sitting ramrod straight in an armchair in the sitting room of the London hotel where she is staying, she replies that she had forgotten she had written that.
  Synonyms
  phallus, erect penis
2. 1.2North American A person, especially one in a position of leadership, who is strict and uncompromising.
  Synonyms
  supervisor, overseer, superintendent, manager, boss, team leader, line manager, controller

verbˈramˌrädˈræmˌrɑd

[with object]ramrod something throughNorth American

Force a proposed measure to be accepted or completed quickly.
〈主美〉强使通过（提议的措施）；迫使接受（提议的措施）
they ramrodded through legislation voiding the court injunctions
他们强行立法废止法院禁令。
Example sentencesExamples
- While the vote shows that the pan-blue camp will no longer be able to ramrod its proposals through the legislature, the pan-green camp will still have to battle to get its legislative platform enacted.
- It shows that she is interested only in ramrodding it through Parliament, come what may.
- They resisted the efforts of the Berskshire Sports & Entertainment group (BS&E) formed to ramrod the stadium through.
- Significantly, it was ramrodded through Smith & Wesson when a gun-smart woman, Sherry Collins, was in charge of the company's marketing.
- I am dismayed that once again a condo project has been ramrodded through without any democratic consultation.

词汇	ramrod
释义	Definition of ramrod in English: ramrod nounPlural ramrods ˈramrɒdˈræmˌrɑd 1A rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzle-loading firearm. （前装式枪炮的）推弹杆；通条 Example sentencesExamples For the double-ended ramrods, one end is threaded for cleaning attachments and the other end shaped concave for loading a patched round lead ball over 30 grains of powder. Stark's regiment loaded the powder and wad into the muzzle of their gun, and with a ramrod forced a musketball into the burning hot barrel of the weapon. This lever is hollow to house the shot barrel ramrod, which generally lands on the ground. The next step is ensuring an unloaded firearm, which is accomplished with the ramrod as explained earlier. Contemporary drill manuals dictated twenty separate steps to load and fire the Bess, including five just to replace the ramrod. Another plus on the side of safety is the length of the ramrod, which matches the distance from base of breech to muzzle. This produces enough tension to keep the ramrod from wiggling around and cancels the tendency to come loose from the barrel groove under recoil. Raven now withdrew a metal ramrod that was set beneath the metal tube, and stared at it. ‘Take away the ramrod and you'd barely know it was a muzzleloader,’ Remington Arms says of its Model 700 in-line muzzleloaders. I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod. Also included is our custom made collapsible brass and wood ramrod that tucks neatly into the fore-end when not in use and a wrench for easy removal of the breech plug for both safety and easy cleaning. We both rammed the ball down at the same time, throwing the ramrod over our shoulders carelessly. Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod. 1.1 Used in similes and metaphors to describe an erect or rigid posture. 用于明喻和暗喻（人的姿态的）僵直，死板 he held himself ramrod straight 他身体笔直地站着。 Example sentencesExamples The magazine that was in my hand flew from my hand and up I stood like a ramrod and trampled out into the stairwell. She turned her back to Maura, her spine ramrod straight. Walking over to the wall, he pulled his body gracefully up and sat down with his back ramrod straight. He walks over to his locker, stiff-legged, his back ramrod straight, and grabs his change of clothes. With his back ramrod straight, he balances a heavy water jug on his head, spilling not a drop, and turns to trudge up the hill. He was walking back over to his car, back ramrod straight. She was sitting ramrod straight in her chair, with perfect posture, of course. When the visit was over and Biden started to leave, a young girl stood ramrod straight at her desk and said, ‘You cannot leave.’ He handed over his passport to the ramrod stiff guard in the booth and waited. With his ramrod posture and off-the-cuff New York delivery, Dean did not meet that need. I lay down beside him on my back, stiff as a ramrod, praying he wasn't going to do what he did. Jillie tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked to her car, her back ramrod straight, feeling his eyes boring into her with every step she took. He sat ramrod straight and stared straight ahead. Every time he appeared on screen, with his ramrod straight posture and gaze of steel, my friends and I would burst out laughing. She glared and him from one step down, her back ramrod straight. On Mondays her hair is crumpled and unbrushed, she is slumped in her seat (unlike her usual ramrod posture), and she looks paler than a corpse in a coffin. He glanced at the girl next to him, holding her head so regally and high, her back ramrod straight. Sitting ramrod straight in an armchair in the sitting room of the London hotel where she is staying, she replies that she had forgotten she had written that. Her body was ramrod straight, stiff with tension. Blackstone entered, his back ramrod straight, as if he were still in the military. Synonyms phallus, erect penis 2North American A foreman or manager, especially one who is a strict disciplinarian. 〈北美〉（尤指严厉的）工头；领班；主管人 he was ramrod for the construction of the Apollo command module Synonyms supervisor, overseer, superintendent, manager, boss, team leader, line manager, controller verbramrodding, ramrods, ramrodded ˈramrɒdˈræmˌrɑd [with object]ramrod something throughNorth American Force a proposed measure to be accepted or completed quickly. 〈主美〉强使通过（提议的措施）；迫使接受（提议的措施） they ramrodded through legislation voiding the court injunctions 他们强行立法废止法院禁令。 Example sentencesExamples Significantly, it was ramrodded through Smith & Wesson when a gun-smart woman, Sherry Collins, was in charge of the company's marketing. I am dismayed that once again a condo project has been ramrodded through without any democratic consultation. While the vote shows that the pan-blue camp will no longer be able to ramrod its proposals through the legislature, the pan-green camp will still have to battle to get its legislative platform enacted. It shows that she is interested only in ramrodding it through Parliament, come what may. They resisted the efforts of the Berskshire Sports & Entertainment group (BS&E) formed to ramrod the stadium through. Definition of ramrod in US English: ramrod nounˈramˌrädˈræmˌrɑd 1A rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm. （前装式枪炮的）推弹杆；通条 Example sentencesExamples We both rammed the ball down at the same time, throwing the ramrod over our shoulders carelessly. Also included is our custom made collapsible brass and wood ramrod that tucks neatly into the fore-end when not in use and a wrench for easy removal of the breech plug for both safety and easy cleaning. Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod. Stark's regiment loaded the powder and wad into the muzzle of their gun, and with a ramrod forced a musketball into the burning hot barrel of the weapon. Raven now withdrew a metal ramrod that was set beneath the metal tube, and stared at it. The next step is ensuring an unloaded firearm, which is accomplished with the ramrod as explained earlier. Contemporary drill manuals dictated twenty separate steps to load and fire the Bess, including five just to replace the ramrod. This lever is hollow to house the shot barrel ramrod, which generally lands on the ground. Another plus on the side of safety is the length of the ramrod, which matches the distance from base of breech to muzzle. This produces enough tension to keep the ramrod from wiggling around and cancels the tendency to come loose from the barrel groove under recoil. ‘Take away the ramrod and you'd barely know it was a muzzleloader,’ Remington Arms says of its Model 700 in-line muzzleloaders. I watched his hands, tipping measured amounts of powder from a pewter horn, tapping in a ball and wad with a short ramrod. For the double-ended ramrods, one end is threaded for cleaning attachments and the other end shaped concave for loading a patched round lead ball over 30 grains of powder. 1.1 Used in similes and metaphors to describe someone's erect or rigid posture. 用于明喻和暗喻（人的姿态的）僵直，死板 he held himself ramrod straight 他身体笔直地站着。 Example sentencesExamples Jillie tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked to her car, her back ramrod straight, feeling his eyes boring into her with every step she took. He glanced at the girl next to him, holding her head so regally and high, her back ramrod straight. Her body was ramrod straight, stiff with tension. Every time he appeared on screen, with his ramrod straight posture and gaze of steel, my friends and I would burst out laughing. When the visit was over and Biden started to leave, a young girl stood ramrod straight at her desk and said, ‘You cannot leave.’ I lay down beside him on my back, stiff as a ramrod, praying he wasn't going to do what he did. With his back ramrod straight, he balances a heavy water jug on his head, spilling not a drop, and turns to trudge up the hill. She glared and him from one step down, her back ramrod straight. He was walking back over to his car, back ramrod straight. She was sitting ramrod straight in her chair, with perfect posture, of course. He handed over his passport to the ramrod stiff guard in the booth and waited. He sat ramrod straight and stared straight ahead. With his ramrod posture and off-the-cuff New York delivery, Dean did not meet that need. Walking over to the wall, he pulled his body gracefully up and sat down with his back ramrod straight. The magazine that was in my hand flew from my hand and up I stood like a ramrod and trampled out into the stairwell. Blackstone entered, his back ramrod straight, as if he were still in the military. On Mondays her hair is crumpled and unbrushed, she is slumped in her seat (unlike her usual ramrod posture), and she looks paler than a corpse in a coffin. She turned her back to Maura, her spine ramrod straight. He walks over to his locker, stiff-legged, his back ramrod straight, and grabs his change of clothes. Sitting ramrod straight in an armchair in the sitting room of the London hotel where she is staying, she replies that she had forgotten she had written that. Synonyms phallus, erect penis 1.2North American A person, especially one in a position of leadership, who is strict and uncompromising. Synonyms supervisor, overseer, superintendent, manager, boss, team leader, line manager, controller verbˈramˌrädˈræmˌrɑd [with object]ramrod something throughNorth American Force a proposed measure to be accepted or completed quickly. 〈主美〉强使通过（提议的措施）；迫使接受（提议的措施） they ramrodded through legislation voiding the court injunctions 他们强行立法废止法院禁令。 Example sentencesExamples While the vote shows that the pan-blue camp will no longer be able to ramrod its proposals through the legislature, the pan-green camp will still have to battle to get its legislative platform enacted. It shows that she is interested only in ramrodding it through Parliament, come what may. They resisted the efforts of the Berskshire Sports & Entertainment group (BS&E) formed to ramrod the stadium through. Significantly, it was ramrodded through Smith & Wesson when a gun-smart woman, Sherry Collins, was in charge of the company's marketing. I am dismayed that once again a condo project has been ramrodded through without any democratic consultation.
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