truncheon
/ˈtrʌntʃən/ (bre, ipa) · [trˈʌntʃɪn] /ˈtrʌntʃən/ (ame, ipa) · [trˈʌntʃɪn] /ˈtrən-chən How to pronounce truncheon (audio)/ (ame, mw)
truncheon — 名詞
- truncheonsingular
- truncheonsplural
1. a short hard stick that a police officer carries and uses to push back or hit pe
警棍
警察執法用的短棒
a short hard stick that a police officer carries and uses to push back or hit people who are refusing to obey orders, especially during a protest or fight
A protester was hit on the arm by a police truncheon during the street demonstration.
一名抗議者在街頭示威中被警察的警棍擊中手臂。
Piotr watched the officer put away his truncheon after the angry crowd moved back.
Piotr 看著那名警員在憤怒的人群退散後收起了警棍。
The old wooden truncheon had deep scratches from years of use on patrol.
那根老舊的木製警棍上有多年巡邏留下的深刮痕。
During the protest outside the town hall, Officer Brooke gripped her truncheon tightly as the crowd pushed forward.
在市政廳外的抗議活動中，Brooke 警官緊握警棍，因為人群不斷向前推擠。
As the officer walked quickly, the truncheon on his belt swung back and forth.
那名警官快步走著時，腰帶上的警棍來回晃動。
- baton
more formal and also used in military contexts; the preferred term in many police forces today
- nightstick
American English; especially common for the short, modern stick carried by US police
- billy club
American English, informal; older term for a police officer's short stick
用法筆記
Frequently collocates with 'police' or 'officer's'. More common in British English than American English, where 'baton' or 'nightstick' is preferred.
常見錯誤
truncheon — 動詞
- truncheonpresent simple I / you / we / they
- truncheons3rd person singular
- truncheoning-ing form
- truncheonedpast simple
1. to hit a person hard or repeatedly with a short heavy stick of the kind carried
用警棍毆打
用警棍攻擊人
to hit a person hard or repeatedly with a short heavy stick of the kind carried by police officers
The prisoners claimed they had been truncheoned by the guards during the riot.
囚犯們聲稱他們在暴動中被警衛用警棍毆打。
passive: had been truncheoned
Witnesses reported seeing officers truncheon a man who was already on the ground.
目擊者報告說看到警員用警棍毆打一名已經倒在地上的男子。
The historical film showed soldiers truncheoning protestors in the old city square.
那部歷史電影中出現了士兵在老城廣場上用警棍毆打抗議者的畫面。
Two soldiers truncheoned a shopkeeper after he argued with their commander.
兩名士兵在一位店主與他們的指揮官爭吵後用警棍毆打了他。
文法句型
truncheon + direct object
用法筆記
Almost always used in passive or past-tense narrative contexts describing violence. Very rare in everyday conversation.