A sergeant in administrative charge of a police station.
（负责警察所行政的）警官
Example sentencesExamples
The defendant later walked into the police station and was given a ‘ticking off’ by the desk sergeant.
There he showed a desk sergeant the ad, flashed his own winning smile and held out his hands to collect the reward.
A man walked into a police station, dropped a bag of cocaine on the counter, informed the desk sergeant that it was a sub-standard cut and asked that the person who sold it to him be arrested immediately.
You go to the local police station, where the desk sergeant tells you your son is being held in custody on suspicion of stealing £300.
She locked her desk and waved to the desk sergeant as she passed him.
Definition of desk sergeant in US English:
desk sergeant
noun
A sergeant in administrative charge of a police station.
（负责警察所行政的）警官
Example sentencesExamples
A man walked into a police station, dropped a bag of cocaine on the counter, informed the desk sergeant that it was a sub-standard cut and asked that the person who sold it to him be arrested immediately.
There he showed a desk sergeant the ad, flashed his own winning smile and held out his hands to collect the reward.
You go to the local police station, where the desk sergeant tells you your son is being held in custody on suspicion of stealing £300.
The defendant later walked into the police station and was given a ‘ticking off’ by the desk sergeant.
She locked her desk and waved to the desk sergeant as she passed him.