Aaron's rod

名词 n.
/ˈɛəɹ.ənz ɹɒd/|/ˈæɹ-/    /ˈɛɹ.ənz ɹɑd/|/ˈɛəɹ-/|/ˈæɹ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:; Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper. countable,uncountable
  2. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:; Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers. countable,uncountable
  3. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:; Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium; orpine, livelong, or live-forever). countable,uncountable
  4. A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls. countable,uncountable
  5. A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents). archaic,countable,uncountable
  6. The penis. countable,dated,slang,uncommon,uncountable

词形变化

Aaron's rods plural

词源

A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation of which is "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." (spelling modernized).
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