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truncheon 音标拼音: [tr'ʌntʃɪn] n. 警棍,权杖,职杖
vt. 用警棍打 警棍,权杖,职杖用警棍打 truncheon n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [ synonym: { truncheon}, { nightstick}, { baton}, { billy}, { billystick}, { billy club}] Truncheon \ Trun" cheon\, v. t. To beat with a truncheon. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Truncheon \ Trun" cheon\, n. [ OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron? on, F. tron? on, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See { Thyrsus}, and cf. { Trounce}.] 1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. [ 1913 Webster] With his truncheon he so rudely struck. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A baton, or military staff of command. [ 1913 Webster] The marshal' s truncheon nor the judges robe. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. -- Gardner. [ 1913 Webster]
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