cosh
cosh — 名詞
- coshsingular
- coshesplural
1. a short, heavy club, usually of rubber or metal, used to hit or threaten people.
短棍
短而沉重的攻擊棍棒
a short, heavy club, usually of rubber or metal, used to hit or threaten people.
Police found a rubber cosh under the driver's seat after the chase.
警方在追逐後，於駕駛座底下找到一根橡膠短棍。
collocation: rubber cosh
During the robbery, one guard was carrying a cosh instead of a gun.
搶劫時，有一名警衛帶著短棍而不是手槍。
A rubber cosh lay inside the glass case at the police museum.
一根橡膠短棍放在警察博物館的玻璃展示箱裡。
Nadia hid the old cosh in a toolbox behind the garage wall.
Nadia 把那根舊短棍藏在車庫牆後的工具箱裡。
用法筆記
This word is chiefly British and often appears in crime stories, police reports, or older news language. In broader English, speakers may choose club or baton instead.
2. a drug given to make an agitated person quiet and easy to control.
鎮定劑
讓失控者安靜受控的藥
a drug given to make an agitated person quiet and easy to control.
The nurse said the cosh would make the patient sleepy for hours.
護士說，這種鎮定劑會讓病人昏昏欲睡好幾個小時。
drug effect: make someone sleepy
After the man started screaming, staff asked the doctor for a cosh.
那名男子開始尖叫後，工作人員請醫生開一劑鎮定劑。
Within minutes, the cosh had calmed the shouting prisoner in the van.
幾分鐘內，這劑鎮定劑就讓廂型車裡大喊大叫的囚犯安靜下來。
Before the move, prison staff gave the patient a cosh to quiet him.
搬動前，監所人員給那名病人打一劑鎮定劑，好讓他安靜下來。
- sedative
The standard medical term; less slangy and less judgmental than cosh.
- tranquilizer
Focuses on calming someone, often in medical or police contexts.
用法筆記
This sense is informal and often sounds critical, suggesting the drug is used to quiet someone rather than to treat them in a careful medical way.
cosh — 動詞
- coshpresent simple I / you / we / they
- coshes3rd person singular
- coshing-ing form
- coshedpast simple
1. to use a cosh or similar heavy club to knock or injure someone.
用短棍打
拿短棍重擊某人
to use a cosh or similar heavy club to knock or injure someone.
The thief coshed the night guard and grabbed the office keys.
那名小偷用短棍打倒夜間警衛，搶走了辦公室鑰匙。
verb pattern: cosh + person
Before he could shout, the guard was coshed from behind near the lift.
警衛還來不及喊叫，就在電梯旁被人從後面用短棍打倒。
passive use: be coshed
In the film, the spy coshes a driver outside the bank door.
在那部電影裡，間諜在銀行門外用短棍打倒一名司機。
By dawn, someone had coshed Arjun on the head near the gate.
到了天亮前，有人已在大門附近用短棍打了 Arjun 的頭。
文法句型
cosh + person
cosh + person + on the head
用法筆記
This use usually appears in crime or action contexts. It often occurs with details such as on the head, from behind, or with the person attacked given as the direct object.
常見錯誤
2. to make someone quiet and easy to control by giving them a strong drug.
打鎮定劑
給人下藥讓其安靜受控
to make someone quiet and easy to control by giving them a strong drug.
Doctors coshed the angry patient before moving him to a locked room.
醫生先給那名憤怒的病人打鎮定劑，再把他移到上鎖的房間。
medical sense: drug someone to subdue them
The kidnappers coshed the guard so they could leave the building.
綁匪給警衛打鎮定劑，好讓他們離開那棟大樓。
Staff refused to cosh the teenager just because he shouted at them.
工作人員不肯只因那名少年對他們大喊，就給他打鎮定劑。
A prison officer admitted they had coshed the man too quickly.
一名監所人員承認，他們太快就給那名男子打了鎮定劑。
- sedate
The standard medical verb; more neutral and technical.
- tranquilize
Focuses on making someone calm, often in clinical language.
- drug
Broader and can describe giving any drug, not specifically to subdue.
文法句型
cosh + person
用法筆記
Unlike verb sense 1, this use is about forcing calm with drugs, not striking someone. It often sounds disapproving or harsh, especially when the drug is used for control.