| 单词 | baton |
| 释义 | Related topics: Music, Other sports, Policebat·on /ˈbætɒn, -tn $ bæˈtɑːn, bə-/ noun [countable] 1. APMa short thin stick used by a conductor (=the leader of a group of musicians) to direct the music 〔乐队指挥用的〕指挥棒2. DSOa short light stick that is passed from one person to another during a race 接力棒3. SCPa short thick stick used as a weapon by a police officer 警棍 SYN truncheon4. PGOSSOa short stick that is carried as a sign of a special office or rank 权杖，官杖5. DLOa light metal stick that is spun and thrown into the air by a majorette 〔乐队行进时女指挥手中转动的〕金属指挥杖Examples from the Corpusbaton• A baton twirler carried the flag.• Martin, arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson's head.• In the last few days, you may have seen a horrifying video of police armed with Q-tips instead of batons.• I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer's baton, picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid.• Karajan, it seems, always had a superb baton technique.• Not the tapping baton of Conductor Richard Armstrong-although his powers over an able orchestra become evident soon enough.• His supporters stress the sentimental and entertainment value of seeing him take the baton one more time.• Illus.1 conveys this well, not least by the way the baton is shown as held some way towards the middle.Origin baton (1500-1600) French bâton, from Late Latin bastum “stick”bat·on nounChineseSyllable stick thin used Corpus conductor (=the a by short a leader |
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