"rod or flat piece of wood for punishing children," 1590s, earlier "giant fennel" (early 15c.), from Middle English ferula "fennel plant" (late 14c.), from Latin ferula "reed, whip, rod, staff; fennel plant or stalk" (fennel stalks were used for administering flogging punishment in ancient Roman times) probably related to festuca "stalk, straw, rod."
双语例句
1. No mere ferule will answer for this offence.
你犯了这样大的错误,光用戒尺不能解决问题.
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2. The ferule is used for conversion , tonsure, ordination and parlance.
戒尺用于皈依、剃度 、 传戒、说法等场合.
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3. The teacher often beat him with a ferule when he was young.
小时候他没少被老师用戒尺打.
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4. The teacher strikes the table with his ferule to quiet the students.
老师用戒方敲着桌子喊着让同学们安静.
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5. His rod and his ferule were seldom idle now -- at least among the smaller pupils.
