truncheon
英 ['tr?n(t)?(?)n]
美 ['tr?nt??n]
中文詞源
truncheon 警棍來自拉丁語 truncus,樹干，詞源同 trunk.-on,小詞后綴。字面意思即小樹干，引申詞義警棍。
英文詞源
- truncheon (n.)
- c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tron?on) "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from Vulgar Latin *truncionem (nominative *truncio), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk). Meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "policeman's club" is recorded from 1880.
雙語例句
- 1. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
- 他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.
來自英漢文學
- 2. All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard's hand.
- 他看到的只有那個警衛手中的橡皮棍.
來自英漢文學
- 3. While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words always retain their power.
- 雖然警棍的暴虐取代了談話的公正,語言, 依然有著力量!
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