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truncheon是什么意思

truncheon

英 ['trʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n] 美 ['trʌntʃən]
  • n. 警棍;棍子;权杖
  • vt. 用警棍打

truncheon 中文词源


truncheon 警棍

来自拉丁语 truncus,树干,词源同 trunk.-on,小词后缀。字面意思即小树干,引申词义警棍。

truncheon 英文词源


truncheon (n.)
c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tronçon) "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from Vulgar Latin *truncionem (nominative *truncio), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk). Meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "policeman's club" is recorded from 1880.

truncheon 双语例句


1. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.

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2. All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard's hand.
他看到的只有那个警卫手中的橡皮棍.

来自英汉文学

3. While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words always retain their power.
虽然警棍的暴虐取代了谈话的公正,语言, 依然有着力量!

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