truncheon 词态变化
复数: truncheons;
truncheon 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 英文词源
- 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 英文释义
- 1. a short stout club used primarily by policemen
truncheon 双语例句
- 1. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
- 他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.
来自英汉文学
- 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.
来自英汉文学
- 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 实用场景例句
- 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
