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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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，警方则用催泪弹和眩晕手榴弹回击，并用警棍打人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dextrose-a natural sugar-is sprayed on the batons to help them maintain a golden fried color.
  葡萄糖一种天然的糖分被喷在薯条棒上，帮它们保持金灿灿的油炸色。