gavel
/ˈɡævl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡævl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈga-vəl/ (ame, mw)
gavel — noun
- gavelsingular
- gavelsplural
1. a short wooden hammer that a judge, auction seller, or meeting leader taps on a
a short wooden hammer that a judge, auction seller, or meeting leader taps on a block to ask for quiet, signal a decision, or close a sale
Judge Zuri banged her gavel three times to quiet the noisy courtroom.
collocation: bang the gavel
The auction seller raised his gavel and shouted 'Sold!' for fifty thousand dollars.
auction context: raise the gavel + shout 'Sold!'
A single tap of the chairman's gavel ended every debate at the town meeting.
Mateo carved a small oak gavel as a retirement gift for his uncle the judge.
The mayor reached for the gavel and called the council meeting to order.
文法句型
bang/strike + the gavel
用法筆記
Subject who wields the gavel is usually a judge, auctioneer, or presiding officer. The verb collocates strongly with 'bang', 'tap', 'strike', 'raise', or 'pound'.
常見錯誤
gavel — verb
- gavelpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gavels3rd person singular
- gaveling-ing form
- gaveledpast simple
1. to use a gavel — usually as a judge or chairperson — to push something through,
to use a gavel — usually as a judge or chairperson — to push something through, stop something, or rule on it during a formal proceeding
The chairman gaveled the motion through before anyone could object further.
pattern: gavel + object + through
Judge Layla gaveled the rowdy lawyers into silence with three sharp raps.
pattern: gavel + object + into [state]
The senate leader gaveled down a noisy protest from the public gallery.
Asher watched the auctioneer gavel the painting to a phone bidder for a record price.
文法句型
gavel + object (motion/down)
用法筆記
Almost always transitive and followed by a prepositional phrase ('through', 'down', 'into silence', 'to a bidder'). The subject is the person wielding the gavel — judge, chairperson, or auctioneer. Rare outside legal/parliamentary/auction reporting.