truncheon

英式音标：truncheon怎么读

美式音标：truncheon怎么读

词汇归类： 畅通词汇

truncheon词义

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n. 警棍；棍子；权杖vt. 用警棍打

词态变化

复数: truncheons;

中文词源

truncheon 警棍

来自拉丁语 truncus,树干，词源同 trunk.-on,小词后缀。字面意思即小树干，引申词义警棍。


truncheon双语例句

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1. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.

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2. All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard's hand.
他看到的只有那个警卫手中的橡皮棍.

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3. While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words always retain their power.
虽然警棍的暴虐取代了谈话的公正,语言, 依然有着力量!

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truncheon英文词源

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truncheon (n.)
c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tronçon) "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.

truncheon实用场景例句

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While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words always retain their power.
虽然警棍的暴虐取代了谈话的公正,语言, 依然有着力量!

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He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.

英汉文学

All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard's hand.
他看到的只有那个警卫手中的橡皮棍.

英汉文学