gavel
/ˈɡævl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡævl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈga-vəl/ (ame, mw)
gavel — 名詞
- gavelsingular
- gavelsplural
1. a short wooden hammer that a judge, auction seller, or meeting leader taps on a
議事槌；法槌
法官、拍賣官或主席用的小木槌
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.
Zuri 法官敲了三下法槌，要吵鬧的法庭安靜下來。
collocation: bang the gavel
The auction seller raised his gavel and shouted 'Sold!' for fifty thousand dollars.
拍賣官舉起議事槌，喊出「成交！」價格是五萬美元。
auction context: raise the gavel + shout 'Sold!'
A single tap of the chairman's gavel ended every debate at the town meeting.
主席的議事槌輕敲一下，鎮民大會上每一場辯論都隨即結束。
Mateo carved a small oak gavel as a retirement gift for his uncle the judge.
Mateo 親手雕了一支小橡木法槌，當作叔叔法官退休的禮物。
The mayor reached for the gavel and called the council meeting to order.
市長伸手拿起議事槌，宣布議會正式開議。
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 — 動詞
- 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,
敲槌裁決
用議事槌強行通過、駁回或裁定某事
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.
主席敲槌通過了這項動議，沒讓人再有機會反對。
pattern: gavel + object + through
Judge Layla gaveled the rowdy lawyers into silence with three sharp raps.
Layla 法官連敲三下重槌，把吵鬧的律師們敲到安靜下來。
pattern: gavel + object + into [state]
The senate leader gaveled down a noisy protest from the public gallery.
參議院領袖一槌敲下，制止了旁聽席上的喧嘩抗議。
Asher watched the auctioneer gavel the painting to a phone bidder for a record price.
Asher 看著拍賣官一槌定音，把那幅畫以破紀錄的高價賣給了電話競標者。
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.