N-COUNT [usually singular, oft poss NOUN]（法官、拍卖人、会议主席等用的）小木槌 A gavel is a small wooden hammer that the person in charge of a law court, an auction, or a meeting bangs on a table to get people's attention. （法官、拍卖人、会议主席等用的）小木槌
'Let's take a ten-minute recess', the judge said, pounding his gavel.