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

• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和***回应。
• So to establish the reasonable urban system, make the different cities as freight stations and relay batons that promoting central cities location of productive forces to achieve balanced development between countries and regions, that is the important safeguard.
  因此建立合理的城镇体系，使各级城镇成为中心城市生产力扩散的中转站和接力棒，是促进重庆区域、城乡协调发展的重要保障。
• 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。
• In St Petersburg, Some correspondents saw riot police beating activists with batons and their fists before forcing them into police buses.
  在圣彼得堡，一些记者看到反对派活跃分子被押进警车前，警察用警棍和拳头殴打他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• PAP troops occasionally patrol the streets, but with soft hats and carrying batons and shields rather than guns.
  偶尔，还有武警部队在街道上巡逻，但都没带枪，而是头戴布帽，手拿警棍和盾牌。
• Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades and beat people with batons in response to fireworks being thrown by stick-wielding protesters.
  挥舞着棍子的抗议者投掷鞭炮，警方则用***和眩晕手***回击，并用警棍打人。
• 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。
• 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。