Gavel



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 法官所用的) 槌, 小木槌
• ［类］ judge : gavel / referee : whistle ( 法官用小木槌 / 裁判用哨子)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: gave ( 给) +l -> 给以注意 -> 敲小木槌 ( gavel for attention )

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gafol; akin to Old English giefan to give
• Date: before 12th century
• rent or tribute in medieval England

II. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1835
• a mallet used (as by a presiding officer or auctioneer) for commanding attention or confirming an action (as a vote or sale)

III. transitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or gavelling)

• Date: 1925
• to bring or force by use of a gavel <gaveled the audience to silence>

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