1757, literally "a rod used in ramming" (the charge of a gun), from ram (v.) + rod. Used figuratively for straightness or stiffness from 1939, also figuratively for formality, primness (ramroddy is in Century Dictionary, 1902). The verb is 1948, from the noun. Related: Ramrodded; ramrodding.
实用例句
1. At 75, she's still ramrod straight.
她已经75岁了，腰板仍然笔直。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The soldiers stood at ramrod attention.
士兵们笔直地立正.
来自辞典例句
4. She sat there stiff as a ramrod.
她笔直地端坐在那儿.
来自辞典例句
5. Xiangzi stood there , straight as a ramrod . As usual , he could think of nothing to say.
