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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

rod-shaped

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Source Word

rod-shaped

Adjective

Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical. / (biology) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium.

Japanese Meaning

棒状の：棒のような形状、細長い円筒形であること。 / (生物学) 杆状の：細菌などの形態として、棒状の形を示す場合に用いる。

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The scientist examined the rod-shaped bacteria under the microscope.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

科学者は顕微鏡で棒状の細菌を観察した。

Sense（1）

Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical.

Walk-through detectors designed to spot guns, knives and other flat and rod-shaped weapons cost almost £5,000 each.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(biology) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium.

Anthrax goes through two very different stages in its life cycle. One is a microscopic rod-shaped bacterium called bacillus anthracis, easy to grow in the lab but fragile and easily killed in the open.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more rod-shaped

（ comparative ）

most rod-shaped

（ superlative ）

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