nightstick
/ˈnaɪtstɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnaɪtstɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnīt-ˌstik/ (ame, mw)
nightstick — 名詞
- nightsticksingular
- nightsticksplural
1. a long, heavy wooden or rubber bar that a police officer carries and can swing t
警棍
警察隨身攜帶、用來打人或控制群眾的長棍
a long, heavy wooden or rubber bar that a police officer carries and can swing to hit someone or push back a crowd
Officer Reuben gripped his nightstick as the angry crowd pushed toward the gate.
當憤怒的群眾湧向大門時，Reuben 警官緊握著他的警棍。
carried by a police officer for control or defence
The museum guard kept a worn nightstick hanging from his leather belt.
博物館警衛在皮帶上掛著一根用舊了的警棍。
collocation: hang a nightstick from a belt
Beatrix swung her nightstick hard against the locked metal door.
Beatrix 用力把她的警棍砸向上鎖的金屬門。
The two officers raised their nightsticks to keep the protesters away from the road.
那兩名警官舉起警棍，把抗議者擋在馬路外面。
A heavy rubber nightstick lay on the desk beside the patrol officer's radio.
一根沉重的橡膠警棍放在巡邏警員的無線電旁邊。
- baton
more neutral and international; the standard word for the same tool in police training
- truncheon
British English for the same object
- billy club
older American informal term for the same short heavy stick
用法筆記
Chiefly American English; British speakers usually say 'truncheon' or 'baton'. Most often paired with verbs of holding or striking (carry, grip, swing, raise).