"Ramrod straight" nghĩa là gì?
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"Ramrod straight" có ramrod là cái thông nòng (súng) -> từ này nghĩa là dáng đứng thẳng, nghiêm túc, trang trọng.
Ví dụ
“Within the classroom, he is laser focused,” Flango said. “You can see it in his posture (dáng vẻ). He doesn’t lean back against his chair. He sits up ramrod straight.”
She rolled her eyes. She clasped her hands tightly in her lap. She sat ramrod straight, wearing a high-necked emerald gown (áo dài) – there was almost a genteel Victorian sensibility to her restrained displeasure.
Oh My Dog is unapologetically formulistic (theo chủ nghĩa công thức). It is ramrod straight in its pleasant intentions. The writer-director Sarov Shanmugam aims to take the film more at a pre-teen audience (khán giả). The grownups on screen are mere props while the focus is on the child Arjun(Arnav Vijay) and the blind dog Simba.
Woods has perfected the demigod (á thần) role, of course. The walk is deliberate, the back ramrod straight and the eyes fixed on some imaginary spot in the distance.
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