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

• Helmeted officers beat protesters with batons and hauled away dozens after skirmishes broke out between the two sides near a bridge leading across the Moscow river to the Kremlin.
  双方在横跨莫斯科河、通往克里姆林宫的大桥附近发生了摩擦以后，佩戴头盔的警察用警棍击打并拖走几十名抗议者。
• 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。
• 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。
• I can see why. Fresh batons of crunchy greens are stir-fried with bits of briny preserved salted fish, which add a real zing and savoury flavour to an otherwise bland dish.
  我能明白为什么松脆的绿色植物嫩杆同腌制的咸鱼丁用旺火煸炒，使本应平庸乏味的菜肴散发出真正的生气和诱人的香味。
• 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。
• 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。
• Emergency Sigalling torch and Marshalling batons had not been included in the Helicopter kit.
  直升机应急信号电筒、信号棒缺失。
• 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。
• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
• 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。