ba·ton
noun/ˈbætɒn/, /ˈbætɒ̃/
/bəˈtɑːn/
- (also truncheon)(both especially British English)(North American English usually nightstick)a short thick stick that police officers carry as a weapon
警棍 - a baton charge (= one made by police carrying batons, to force a crowd back)
持警棍驱击
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2- Five people were injured in the baton charge.
有 5 人遭警棍攻击受伤。 - The police were ordered to draw their batons and disperse the crowd.
警察奉命用警棍驱散人群。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
- police
- carry
- hold
- draw
- …
- charge
- a baton charge (= one made by police carrying batons, to force a crowd back)
- a thin light stick used by the person (called a conductor) who is in control of an orchestra, etc.
（乐队）指挥棒 - The orchestra played brilliantly under Previn’s baton.
乐团在普雷文的指挥下演奏得非常精彩。
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2- He tapped his baton on the music stand to get everyone's attention.
他将指挥棒在乐谱架上敲了敲以引起大家的注意。 - The orchestra made the recording under the baton of a young German conductor.
管弦乐队在一位年轻的德国指挥家的指挥下完成录音。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + baton- raise
- tap
- wave
- …
- under the baton of
- The orchestra played brilliantly under Previn’s baton.
- a short light stick that one member of a team in a relay race passes to the next person to run
接力棒 - to pass/hand over the baton
交接力棒 - (figurative) The President handed over the baton (= passed responsibility) to his successor.
总统把权杖传给了他的继任者。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + baton- hand
- pass
- take
- …
- to pass/hand over the baton
- a long stick that is held and thrown in the air by a person marching in front of a band, or by a majorette
（行进中军乐队领队的）指挥杖 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + baton- swing
- twirl
Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a staff or cudgel): from French bâton, earlier baston, from late Latin bastum ‘stick’.