batons

英 [ˈbætənz]

美 [bæˈtɑnz]

n.  (乐队)指挥棒; (接力赛的)接力棒; (行进中军乐队队长的)指挥杖
baton的复数

柯林斯词典

• 警棍
  Abatonis a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.

in AM, use 美国英语用 billy, billy club


• （乐队或合唱队指挥用的）指挥棒
  Abatonis a light, thin stick used by a conductor to conduct an orchestra or a choir.
• （田径比赛中的）接力棒
  In athletics or track events, abatonis a short stick that is passed from one runner to another in a relay race.
• （游行队伍中游行者持有的）指挥杖
  Abatonis a long stick with a knob on one end that is sometimes carried by a person marching in a parade. The baton is spun round, thrown into the air and caught.
• PHRASE 移交权力/接受责任
  If someonepasses the baton toanother person, they pass responsibility for something to that person. If someonepicks up the baton, they take over responsibility for something.
  1. Does this mean that the baton of leadership is going to be passed to other nations?
     这是不是意味着要把领导权交给其他国家？

双语例句

• The group has documented several cases where banned equipment such as electric shock stun guns, batons and leg cuffs has been on display at these events.
  该组织列举了数个案例，说明被禁止的装备（如电击眩晕枪、警棍和脚镣）曾在此类展会上展出。
• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
• Roughly 100 riot police were deployed to restore order with batons and pepper spray, while four men aged between 18 and 24 were arrested.
  大约100名防暴警察被派往该大楼，试图用警棍和胡椒喷雾恢复现场秩序。与此同时，4名18到24岁的男子被捕。
• The interrogations were mostly conducted while he was chained hand and foot to a tiger bench, a straight-backed steel chair with ridged steel bars instead of a seat, and he was often beaten, kicked and hit with electric batons.
  在接受审讯的大部分时间中，他的手脚都被绑在老虎凳（一种直靠背的铁凳，以凹凸的铁条代替椅面）上，他还经常被打、被踢，遭电击。
• Dozens were wounded when police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse protesters, many of whom responded by throwing stones.
  警方使用催泪瓦斯和警棍驱散抗议者，抗议者扔石头回击，造成数十人受伤。
• In tent cities that have sprung up throughout the region, soldiers carrying batons patrol the streets and security agents and police have stepped up efforts to muzzle any sign of "social instability".
  在震区新建的一个个临时帐篷城里，佩戴警棍的士兵们在街上巡逻，同时安全人员和警察已加大力度，压制任何“社会不稳定”的迹象。
• The front group had shields and batons, and started hitting us.
  配有警盾和警棍的前线部队，开始殴打我们。
• Police wearing helmets and wielding batons pounded on the hoods of Palestinian cars, preventing them from traveling further into Egyptian territory.
  带着头盔、手持警棍的埃及警察不断敲打巴勒斯坦人汽车的车盖，阻止他们进一步进入埃及领土。
• It identified seven companies that openly advertise these batons for export and said they have been used by police in Cambodia and exported to security forces in Nepal and Thailand.
  报告指认了7家公开面向出口市场做广告宣传这些警棍的企业，并称这些产品已被柬埔寨的警察使用，并向尼泊尔和泰国的军警出口。
• Witnesses in Tehran said riot police used tear gas, batons and water cannons to disperse supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
  在德黑兰的目击者说，防暴警察使用了催泪瓦斯、棍棒和水炮，来驱散败选的总统候选人穆萨维的支持者。