Baton



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.指挥棒 ( 指挥家用) ; 警棍
• ［英］ n.警棍 ( truncheon)
• ［记］ bat ( 打) +on -> 打的东西 -> 警棍

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French baton, from Old French baston, ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick
• Date: 1520
• 1. cudgel, truncheon; specifically billy club
• 2. a staff borne as a symbol of office
• 3. a narrow heraldic bend
• 4. a slender rod with which a leader directs a band or orchestra
• 5. a hollow cylinder carried by each member of a relay team and passed to the succeeding runner
• 6. a hollow metal rod with a weighted bulb at one or both ends that is flourished or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

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